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ENTERPRISE Withformal approval of its appli-cation, development of SouthLake Terrace is set to beginin 2016.

The Wallowa County Plan-ning Commission formallyapproved the Wallowa LakeTramway's application lastmonth for a 20-unit subdivi-sion development completewith gravel roads and cul-de-

Tramway owners BillWhittemore of La Grandeand Mike Lockhart of Josephsaid development will beginnext year.

The parcel, which contains6.21 acres and is accessedfrom the Wallowa LakeHighway, lies to the northand east of the lower tramterminal and just behindthe old Edelweiss Building.The property is in the ResortCommercial Recreation Zone,

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Bond fundmoney used toboost securityBy Dick Mason

Art work is not beingadded to classrooms in theLa Grande School Districtthis summer, but artistry isbeing practiced within themby people like door hangerJake Nolind.

Nolind, who works for theMasonry Center in Boise,Idaho, is helping install class-room doors at Island City El-ementary School, La GrandeMiddle School and the westbuilding of La Grande HighSchool.

Nolind said the key to doorhanging is focusing on get-ting everything lined up

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GOP looks to end more than30-year absence from governor'sofice and show it's still electableBy Taylor W. Anderson

SALEM By the November 2016 election, it willhave been 34 years since Republicans last won agovernor's race in Oregon, and the party is trying torevamp its image to convince voters it's still capable ofwinning a statewide office in Oregon.

The party is doing what's been seen on the nationallevel by presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who saidduring the opening GOP debate that to win electionRepublicans need to be positive and optimistic.

That attitude is shared by a new crop of party lead-ers in Oregon who say the party's chances at winningany of the five statewide offices that will be on the2016 ballot including the governor's office-depend on effective marketing.

"The introspect as it were is not on whether weneed to change our platform or our principles," saidBill Currier, the Oregon Republican Party chairman.

"I think it's really more about what is it that weoffer as a party in terms of solutions and how do wecommunicate that effectively to the voters so thatthey recognize we can turn this state around if we endthis one-party rule?"

Greg Leo, a former state party official who remainsactive with party leaders, said in February the partywas in the midst of trying to become more"electable,"looking for candidates who could still win in Oregon,where registered Democrats outnumber Republicansby more than 170,000.

Fifteen months out from the general election, andnine months from the primary, the field is beginningto take shape.

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The threat to human lifeposed by the Eagle Complexfires, 10 miles east of Medi-cal Springs, ratcheted upSunday.

Level 3 evacuation noticeswere issued to everyone stay-ing in cabins or other struc-tures near the east fork ofEagle Creek. Anyone issueda Level 3 notice is required toevacuate immediately.

The evacuation noticeswere issued because theEagle Complex fires arethreatening to block the onlyroad residents in the vicin-ity of the east fork of EagleCreek can travel to leave orenter the area.

ewe wanted to give people

plenty of time to leave," saidChris Barth, a public infor-mation officer for the EagleComplex fires, which are justoutside the southwest UnionCounty border.

Fortunately, firefighters onSunday were able to preventthe Eagle Complex firesfrom blocking the road in theEagle Creek east fork area.

"Our efforts were focusedon reducing that threat,"Barth said.

Level 2 evacuation noticesremain in effect for peoplealong Forest Service Road77 in the Bennett Peak Area,the main Eagle Area andTamarack Campground.

Those who receive a Level2 notice are told to be readyto evacuate in a moment'snotice. All evacuation no-tices were issued by the U.S.Forest Service and BakerCounty, which are workingcooperatively.The Eagle Complexfires

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In 1915, a mob in CobbCounty, Georgia, lynchedJewish businessman LeoFrank, 31, whose deathsentence for the murder of13-year-old Mary Phaganhad been commuted to lifeimprisonment.

In 1943, the Allied con-quest of Sicily during WorldWar II was completed asU.S. and British forcesentered Messina.

In 1945, the George Or-well novel "Animal Farm,"an allegorical satire of So-viet Communism, was firstpublished in London byMartin Secker 8rWarburg.

In 1962, East Germanborder guards shot andkilled 18-year-old PeterFechter, who had attempt-ed to cross the Berlin Wallinto the western sector.

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VVesCom News ServiceBy Joshua Dillen

BAKER CITY Thesmell of smoke, a pinkishorange hue to the sunlightand ash filled air have beenthe norm in Baker Countyfor the last week.

There are nearly 120,000acres of rangeland and for-est burning in Baker Countyfrom the Cornet/WindyRidge isouth of Baker City),Eagle Complex ieast ofMedical Springs) and El Do-rado isouth of Unity) fires.

Almost a thousand fire-fighters local and fromacross the country arebattling the three blazes.

A total of seven houseshave been lost as a resultof the blazes according toCassandra Ulver, PublicInformation OIficer for the

ByAlyssa Sutton

UNION Union's Rodeo BibleCamp just completed its 18th year, butthis was the first time the camp direc-tor was 17 years old.

Designed to bring students with ashared interest in rodeo together at aChristian camp, Rodeo Bible Camp isa nonprofit organization that ImblerHigh Schoolincoming seniorWhitneyW ilber decided to direct this year asher senior project.

"My parents are actually part ofthe founders of this organization, soever since I was little I've been cominghere,"Wilber said.

With a senior project that requiresgiving back to the community, and tiesto the camp through her parentsand three years of attendance Wil-ber thought directing Rodeo BibleCamp was a perfect senior project.

"I felt like I wanted to contributeback to it and what it's given me in the

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state structure protectionteam that arrived in townlast week.

At a community firemeeting Saturday, WallowaWhitman National ForestSupervisor Tom Montoyasaid the country is underthe highest fire alert levelpossible.

He said resources at thenational level are stretchedthin.

''We currently have 42incident management teamsout. There are 0 teams avail-able nationally," Montoya

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Imbler High School incoming seniorWhitneyWilber oversees horses and riders at the Eastern Oregon LivestockShow Grounds in Union Thursday morning. She took on directing last week's Rodeo Bible Camp as her seniorproject. The four-day camp enjoyed an increase in campers from last year.

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past few years,"Wilber said."I felt thiswould be a great project to take on andimprove because there were a lot ofthings that needed to be improved fromlast year, and make it grow."

Wilber said that while she was acamper she noticed things could usechanges."Instead of telling someone, Ithought, Why don't I just take it uponmyself and make it a project?"'Wilbersard.

This year's camp had 76 campers,an increase from last year's 48, whichW ilber credits to m eeting one of hergoals advertising the camp morewidely than in previous years.

"I put some ads in the newspaper,

said."There are 125 out-standing resource orders forcrews regionally. There's justnothing available."

He said it is impacting theability to control fires.

Montoya said that theCornet and Windy Ridgeinow combined) fires arelisted as top two priorities inthe nation.

"That means when re-sources become available, weget those resources," he said."That's a good thing."

Sunday night, an updatefrom the Oregon Depart-ment of Forestry indicatedthat more hand crews are

the radio iandl I put posters up,"Wilbersard.

Other changes Wilber made, shesaid, were tweaks to the normal camp,including a photo booth, interchange-able quotes on meal tables and addi-tional actors for evening skits.

"I just feel like it's been an emotionaltime compared to last year. Everythinghas just grown, and that's really greatto see,"Wilber said.

Wilber spent her time during campfiling paperwork that is required forregistration and insurance purposes,being the self-described "go-to" personfor problems like a tractor breakingdown and giving daily announcements.

Though she doesn't have any solidplans yet, Wilber said that even withcollege in her future, she will stay intouch with the Rodeo Bible Camp.

"I'll definitely be in touch iandl helpin any way that I can," she said.

A multisport athlete, Wilber playsbasketball, softball and volleyball forImbler High School. Outside of thecamp, Wilber is not involved in rodeo,but she is part of the local FFA chapterand an officer with the Future Busi-ness Leaders of America.

"trickling" in to the El Do-rado Fire.

Cooler weather hashelped firefighters gainsome control of fires in mostcases. Another day oflowertemperatures is expectedallowing for favorable condi-tions for firefighters.

In spite of that, Sundayafternoon's wind stoked theEl Dorado Fire on the westand south sides.

"The weather and thenumber oflarge fires burn-ing in the Pacific Northwesthave made this fire diKcult,"said El Dorado Fire IncidentCommander Link Smith.

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to two times per monthwith a simple soakerhose or drip systemtoward the edge of thetree canopy not atthe base of the tree. Trees need 5 gallons ofwater two to four timesper week. Create a smallwatering basin with aberm of dirt. Shower with a bucketand use that waterfor your trees as longas it is free of non-biodegradable soaps orshampoos. Do not over-pruneyour trees duringdrought. Too muchpruning and droughtboth stress trees. Mulch. Between 4and 6 inches of mulchhelps retain moisture,reducing water needsand protecting your

ByAlyssa Sutton

Trees around La Grandeare beginning to show signsthey are suffering from thelow snowpack winter and thehot, dry summer.

There has been awarenessof the low snowpack over thelast few years, but this yeartrees are quickly showingevidence of the lack of water.

'The first sign iof a treelacking water is) it starts todroop and it gets wilty andyellow," said Teresa Gus-tafson, La Grande tree careeducator. Without water ithetree) can't photosynthesize."

According to Gustafson,trees in irrigated landscapesbecome dependent on regularwatering, and when wateringis reduced especially whenit's stopped completely-trees will die. Tree loss can bea costly problem, Gustafsonsaid. Not only is tree removalexpensive, but the loss of allthe benefits trees provide isgreat. Trees cool and cleanair and water, shade homes,walkways and recreationareas, and have a positiveimpact on human health.

"I really want to encouragepeople to water their trees,"Gustafson said."I know thatit's expensive to water lawns,but trees are watereddifferently."

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LOCAL BRIEFINGFrom stag reports

American Legion postcelebrates birthdaygion Post 43 will celebrate its95th birthday with a picnicand barbecue &om noon to 4p.m. Saturday at the RotaryPavilion in Pioneer Park. Softdrinks and birthday cake willbe provided. Th e celebrationis &ee to Legion members,veterans and their families.Membership applications

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will be available at the event.

Caregivers gatheringtakes place Tuesdaynext meeting of the WallowaCounty Caregivers supportgroup will begin at 3 p.m.Tuesday in the hospital's con-ference room. Connie Guen-tert and Chris Clark fromCommunity Connectionswill talk about undiagnosed

depression, which is espe-cially prevalent in the agingpopulation. The presentationwill examine the things thatcontribute to this situationand how we can deal feelingsof depression.

Wallowa County Caregiv-ers meets the first and thirdTuesday of the month at 3p.m. Both September meet-ings will be held at the VFWHall in Enterprise.

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Cook Memorial Libraryis holding a craft for teens&om 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday.Participants are asked tobring their electrical devices'power cords to personalizeusing decorative tape. Sup-plies and instruction will beprovided, and registration isnot needed.

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&ee activity grades 6-12.

Local author reads acampfire story8 p.m. Friday, local authorJoan Gilbert Madsen willread 'Wallowa Lake theREAL Story" by the light ofthe campfire at the WallowaLake State Park ProgramArea. Kids of all ages andtheir families are invited to

bring a blanket and snacks.The event is sponsored byWallowology.

PFLAG reschedulesFriday's social night

Union County PFLAGwill not meet as planned thisFriday. Rather, the group willhave its social board gamenight the following Friday,Aug. 28, &om 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.at Bear Mountain Pizza.

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Thomas J. RachauImbler

Thomas J. Rachau, 83, ofImbler, died Tuesday at aBoise hospital. A funeral willbegin at 10 a.m. Saturday atthe Summerville CemeteryChapel. A complete obituarywill be published later byDaniels-Knopp Funeral &Cremation Center.

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By Chris Collins

BAKER CITY PennyDevlin said she went fromdevastated to elated in thecourse of about four hoursWednesday night.

She was devastated whenher husband, Jim, called herat her brother's Washingtonhome to tell her there waslittle hope that their SticesGulch home had survived theinferno that burned throughthe area last week.

Jim Devlin, 47, is fire chiefof the Greater Bowen ValleyFire District.

Penny,46, said she was laterelated when, at about 11 p.m.,Jim called back to say thatwhile they lost their outbuild-ings, their home had survived.

Penny returned with herhusband to their home forthe first time Saturday nightafter dark.

"It was shocking," she said ofthe devastation left behind inthe wake of the fire."I was gladI got to ease into it a little bit."

They went back Sundayafternoon where they weregreeted by their one cat,Lonny, who they feared hadbeen lost in the fire.

Penny posted a picture ofthe happy cat with Jim onFacebook Sunday afternoon,adding that she had beenable to hold back tears untilLonny came running up togreet them.

The couple are staying at aBaker City motel for a short

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time and then will move to avacant rental house a friendhas offered them until theycan return to their home,Penny said.

Lost was their barn, shop,bunkhouse, workshop andwoodshed full of wood.

The buildings containeditems such as the couple'stwo Suzuki SV 650 motor-cycles, two dirt bikes, fourJohn Deere tractors, an oldermodel Cadillac and all ofJim's tools, Penny said.

She left her job at Old WestFederal Credit Union in BakerCity early Tuesday when wordwent out that Stices GulchRoad residents should prepareto evacuate if necessary.

She went home to set upsprinklers around the houseand then on Wednesday sheheaded for Prosser, Washing-ton, to stay with family.

"Jim was worried and Icould tell I was hamperinghis duties, so I just came uphere," she said in a Fridaytelephone interview &omWashington.

Penny said she travels the200 miles to Prosser on mostweekends to help her brothercare for their ailing mother.

Penny said she and Jimhave worked hard to preparetheir home for the type oftragedy that struck last week.

"Every spring we start atthe house raking up pineneedles and moving every-thing out," she said."And it'snice and green."

Home will be handling thearrangements.

Ronald 'Bud'BottsJoseph

Ronald"Bud" Botts died athis home in Joseph Saturday.A full obituarywith celebrationoflife times will be publishedlater. Bollman Funeral Home ishandlingthe arrangements.

Susan CollettWallowa Lake

Susan Collett,67, ofWallowaLake, died ather homeAug.12.A full obituary will followlater. Bollman Funeral Home ishandlingthe arrangements.

ByAimee GreenThe Oregonian

Jim Blaesing has knownsince he was a boy that hewas the grandson of WarrenG. Harding, the 29th presi-dent of the United States.

The Southeast Portlandman was very close to hisgrandmother, who openlyshared stories ofher lovefor the man who took officein 1921. And it's alwaysbothered him that so manypeople had dismissed her as"delusional" or labeled heras money-hungry, a fameseeker.

Nan Britton was disbe-lieved not only by membersof Harding's family, whoproclaimed the story of the6-V2-year love affair a lie,but the history buffs whovigorously tried to discredither over the decades.

"It just kept yanking atm e and bugging me," saidBlaesing, a 65-year-old con-struction contractor.

So he finally decided todo something: Get his DNAtested.

Confirmed at lastAll of those doubters were

silenced last week withnews first reported onthe &ont page of The NewYork Times that Blaesingis indeed the grandson ofthe late president. Ancestry.com confirmed his rela-tionship to Harding witha more than 99 percentcertainty, by comparingBlaesing's DNA with thatof Harding's grandnephewand grandniece.

"For me, it means ev-erything," Blaesing said."Iwant everyone to know. Iget angry sometimes when Ithink about what they did tomy grandmother."

Britton spent the lastyears ofher life in Sandy,where she died in 1991 atage 94. His mother, Eliza-beth Ann Blaesing, of Sandy,died in 2005 at 86. He thinksthey'd be overjoyed with thenews of the genetic testsricocheting across the coun-try and even the globe, withNPR, national TV networksand other media calling forinterviews.

The Harding-Britton-Blaesing family story is one

of great love, tragedy, gump-tion and scorn. It rocked thenation at the time Brittonwrote her 1927 memoir,'The President's Daughter."One memorable passagedescribes how she and Hard-ing"made love" in a closetof the president's executiveoffices.

"She loved him until theday she died," Jim Blaesingsaid.'When she used to talkabout him, she would getthe biggest smile. She justcouldn't get enough of him.They were truly in love."

Britton grew up in Ohio,just down the street &omHarding, the owner of a localnewspaper and 31 years hersenior. She had a school-girlcrush on him and stuck pho-tos of him on her bedroomwall.

Their romance didn't takeolf until 1917, when Brittonwas 20 and the two secretlymet in a New York hotelroom. Although Hardinghad no children with hiswife, and his family had longcontended that Hardingwas infertile, Britton wrotethat she was impregnatedby Harding in the closet ofHarding's U.S. Senate office.In October 1919, their

child, Elizabeth AnnBlaesing then known bythe last name Christian toconceal her parents'identi-ties was born. She latertook on the name Blaesingatter marrying.

Britton told her fam-ily that Harding quietlysupported her and theirdaughter up until hissudden death in 1923, atage 57. As a single mom ina time when single motherswere shunned, Britton sub-sisted for a while on moneychanneled to her by a SecretService agent or Harding'ssister, Jim Blaesing said.

But atter the money wascut olf, Britton felt she hadno choice but to write thebook to support herself andher daughter, Jim Blaesing

"I wanted to show that (my grandmother) wastelling the truth. My grandmother is smilingso big. She's not a liar. Everything she said isright.." Jim Blaesing, grandson of PresidentWarren G. Harding,as confirmed by recent DNA testing

sald.When the government

seized the printing platesfor the book in an attempt toquash it, Britton successful-ly sued for the return of theplates, Jim Blaesing said.And when the publisherssuccumbed to governmentpressure not to print thebook, Britton published it onher own, Jim Blaesing said.

Impact on family"She was the strongest

woman," he said."She wasreally at the head start ofwomen's rights. That's oneof the things that probablyattracted iHardingl to her."

After writing the book,Britton was branded a liarand her apartment wasburglarized by a privateinvestigator trying to provethat, Jim Blaesing said.Britton and her daughterwere scrutinized so much sothat photographers houndedthem, and she eventuallyhanded her daughter overto one ofher sisters to raisein the hope she would havea more peaceful childhood,Jim Blaesing said.

"It was a terrible life forthem," he said.'They werein the limelight."

Elizabeth Blaesingloathed the attention. Shealso avoided cameras. A1931 photo of mother anddaughter taken whenElizabeth was 12 showsmother beaming, butElizabeth looking sullen and

While Elizabeth Blaesingwas tight-lipped about hermother's relationship withHarding, Britton openlyspoke of it with relativesand strangers, who wouldsometimes recognize her,Jim Blaesing said.

"iMy mother) used to tellus she hated to get on thebus with my grandmotherbecause by the time they gotoff, half the bus would know,"he said.

Jim Blaesing's parents

angry.

raised him and his twobrothers in Glendale, Cali-fornia.

Even then, in the 1950sand'60s, they'd occasionallybe hounded by hateful skep-tics. The unwanted attentionseemed to intensify aroundeach presidential election.Strangers called them upand made threats.

"My parents were alwaysw orried about people kid-napping me," he said.

When Jim Blaesing was14, TV news reporters of-fered him money in ex-change for a photograph ofhis mother, who was hidingout in the house.

In the 1980s and early1990s, Jim Blaesing, hisparents, his grandmotherand other members of hisextended family moved toOregon.

Continued researchAfter his grandmother

and mother died, Jim Blae-sing continued to researchthe Harding-Britton love af-fair. He wasn't the only one.

After deciding to get hisDNA tested, he reachedout to Harding's extendedfamily in the hope one ofthem would provide DNAfor comparison. At the sametime, he was independentlycontacted by Peter Hard-ing, the late president'sgrandnephew, who lives inBig Sur, California. PeterHarding and a grandniece,Abigail Harding, agreed tohave their genetic informa-tion compared with JimBlaesing's.

They sat on the resultsfor more than six months,before finally going publiclast week.

"I wanted to show thatshe was telling the truth,"Jim Blaesing said."Mygrandmother is smiling sobig. She's not a liar. Every-thing she said is right."

Now that Jim Blaesinghas confirmation thathe's Warren G. Harding'sgrandson, he also can saywith certainty that his twobrothers are Harding'sgrandsons, too. That meansthat Harding has a total ofthree grandchildren and sixgreat grandchildren.

They all live in Oregon.

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Donald Wilson of Wal-lowa died at Cadlec HospitalRichland,Washington, Friday.A full obituary will be pub-lished later. Bollman Funeral

PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTLA GRANDE FIREAND AMBULANCE

Crews responded to 12 medi-cal calls Friday, five medical callsSaturday and four medical callsSunday.

LA GRANDE POLICEAccident: An injury accident

was reported Friday night in theeastbound lanes of Interstate 84at milepost 259.

Arrested: Phillip Lee McMillen,38, unknown address, was arrest-ed Sunday on charges of second-degree burglary, second-degreecriminal mischief and attemptedtheft in the second degree.

Arrested: Amanda KristinThompson, 24, unknown ad-dress, was arrested Friday bythePortland Police Department on aUnion County warrant chargingfailure to appear connected tooriginal charges of driving underthe influence of intoxicants andopen container in vehicle.

Arrested: Christina Lynn Rum-below,34, unknown address, wasarrested Saturday on a charge oftrespassing. Rumbelow was ad-ditionally arrested on a charge ofviolation of a release agreement.

Arrested: Eric Wayne Butner,37, unknown address, was

arrested Saturday night on aparole and probation detainer.

Arrested: Amber DarleneGarcia,33, unknown address, andEvann Scott Brown, 24, unknownaddress, were arrested Sunday oncharges of first-degree trespassand parole and probation detain-ers. Brian David Smith, 28, un-known address, was arrested on aparole and probation detainer.

Arrested: Joseph NewellSmith, 23, unknown address,was arrested on a DouglasCounty warrant charging failureto appear on an original chargeof third-degree theft.

Arrested: Koltin Edward Waters,26, Elgin, was arrested Sunday ona charge of second-degree theft.

Arrested: Erica Renee Perez,30, La Grande, was arrestedSunday on a charge of first-deg ree theft.

OREGON STATE POLICECited: Elizabeth M. Haun,37,

Nyssa, Idaho, was cited Aug.5 on a charge of driving whilesuspended.

Arrested: Ryan Alan Nelson, 24,La Grande, was arrested Aug. 8 ontwo charges of failure to registeras a sex offender. One charge was

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Arrested: Daniel C.J. Martinez,25, La Grande, was arrestedAug. 8 on a charge of drivingwhile suspended-misdemeanor.

Arrested: Katherine LynnZachary, 22, Richland, Wash-ington, was arrested Aug. 9 oncharges of driving under the

influence of intoxicants andreckless driving.

UNION COUNTY SHERIFFArrested: Christopher Allan

Howell, 26, Elgin, was arrestedFriday on a Union County war-rant charging failure to appearconnected to an original chargeof contempt of court.

Arrested: Randy MichaelHoyle, 48, LA Grande, was ar-rested Friday on a Union Countywarrant charging failure toappear connected to an originalcharge of third-degree theft.

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ci~~+O'='oAt this point in the summer with wildfiresseemingly raging across the West and region it

would seem that common sense regarding fire pre-cautions among the public would be second nature.

At least it should be.We've spent some time in this space and on this

page in the past urging residents to be careful out inthe woods. Federal, state and even local fire agencieshave spent time proclaiming a theme of safety overand over.

Yet carelessness really negligence continues.A perfect case in point is the probe into the cause ofthe Phillips Creek Fire that was listed last week assparked by an escaped campfire. As Umatilla Na-tional Forest Supervisor Bill Gamble told a group atthe Elgin Community Center last week, that fire wastotally preventable.

It should never have happened.At the risk of overdoing it, we once again urge

everyone to be extremely careful when enjoying ourgreat scenic vistas. Now, with the summer full onand drought a constant companion for the wood-lands in our region, vigilance is more than just agood idea. It should be a watchword always. As localblazes have shown, it doesn't take much for a smallcampfire to turn into a major blaze. The price tagisn't just in dollars either.

When a major fire erupts, firefighters from acrossthe West must deploy to battle those blazes and that,in turn, puts a great number of people at risk. Wecan't say enough about the great job firefighters havedone in our area over the past few weeks, but surelyif a blaze can be prevented by simple precautions weshould all be able to help out.

Common sense shouldn't be a diKcult conceptto embrace. Especially during a time period whenthe woods are already dry and ready to erupt at theslightest misstep.

So, please, use common sense and be prudent andvigilant while enjoying our forests.

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97301; 503-378-4582.Oregon Secretary of State Jeanne P. Atkins: 136 State

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Suite 100, Salem, OR 97301-3896; 503-378-4329.Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum: Justice Building,

Salem, OR 97301-4096; 503-378-4400.State Sen. William S. Hansell (29th DistricVPendleton):

Salem office: 900 Court St. NE., S-423, Salem, OR 97301; 503-986-1729. Website: www.leg.state.or.us/hansell. Email: Sen.BilIHansell@state.or.us.

State Rep. Greg Barreto (58th DistricVCove): Salem office:900 Court SL NE., H-384, Salem, OR 97301; 503-986-1458.Website: www.oregonlegislature.gov/barreto. Email: Rep.GregBarreto@state.or.us.

State Rep. Greg Smith (57th District): Salem office: 900 CourtSL NE., H-482, Salem, OR, 97301; 503-986-1457. Heppner office: PO.Box 219, Heppner, OR 97836; 541-676-5154; email rep.gregsmith@state.or.us; website www.leg.state.or.us/smithg.

Oregon Legislature: Legislative documents and informationare available online at www.leg.state.or.us.

City of La Grande: Mayor Steve Clements, City ManagerRobert Strope; PO. Box 670, La Grande, OR 97850; 541-962-1309;fax 541-963-3333.

Union County Commissioners: Mark Davidson, SteveMcClure, Jack Howard; 1106 K Ave., La Grande, OR 97850; 541-963-1001; fax 541-963-1079.

Moore: Gun deaths a smallprice to pay to be exceptional

Now America is settling down afteranother mass shooting. And, most ofus are saying that like most of theseepisodes, it was far away, so not a realconcern to us. This, of course, isn't thecase if you happened to be in Lafayette,Louisiana, or have loved ones there. Butlife goes on. We'll get over it, just like wealways do.

I'm a member of the National RifleAssociation, not for a very long time butlong enough to have gotten the numer-ous emails reminding me that we arein real danger oflosing our freedom tomisguided eastern liberals who want tosteal the Second Amendment from usalong with our firearms, leaving us pow-erless against armed evil that pervadesour society. This information from theNRA has helped me understand how weare a special society, one that needs to bewell armed.

Other countries may get along with-out an armed populace, but we havecome to know that America is special inthat regard, exceptional in fact. We needto be armed. To not be armed wouldmake us, well, not America as we knowand love it.

And, as always, the NRA has not feltit necessary to comment on the troublein Lafayette, or the incident in Tennes-see, or the others that soon fade in ourmemory. They don't need to comment be-cause such things are, after all, just theway it is in America. The NRA remindsme constantly that the price of freedomis real, and that vigilance has to overlooka few unfortunate occurrences.

And if that annual price is a few hun-dred, or thousand, people being killedwith firearms bought by law-abidingpeople, well, that's just the price wehave to pay to be the exceptional coun-try we are. Non-gun owners just don'tunderstand. Liberals are dangerouslymisguided and need to be educated, andthe NRA is there to help.

God bless America.

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squarely.It is intricate work, a craft

Chris Panike, the La GrandeSchool District's director ofbusiness and plant opera-tions, appreciates.

"It is definitely an art,"Panike said.

Panike explained thatinstalling doors in a man-ner that allows them to beopened without rattling istricky. He is pleased withhow the door hanging workis progressing

"I'm happy with how theprocess is coming along,"Panike said.

Between 60 and 70 classdoors are being installedthis summer in the district.Most are for classrooms thatpreviously did not have doorsbecause they are in build-ings constructed in the 1970swhen open concept designswere popular and includedfew classroom doors.

Funds from the $31.85million bond voters approvedin November for capital con-struction and maintenance inthe school district are payingfor the new doors.

The doors, all of which willhave locks, are being addedto boost classroom safety.

'This will improve securityover the long term," said La

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"Zhis willimprovesecurity overthe longterm." Larry Glaze, LaGrande School District

Grande School District Su-perintendent Larry Glaze.

The new doors aresolid wooden structures withsmall windows. Island CityElementary School PrincipalJohn Tolan is impressed withhow they appear.

"They are not institutionallooking at all. They are nicelooking," Tolan said.

The doors are one of anumber of improvementsbeing made with bond moneyto boost security in the schooldistrict. Bond funds will alsobe used to add electroniclocking systems at schoolsand redesign the mainentrances at schools to makethem more secure.Other ongoing summer

bond projects include theconstruction of two kindergar-ten classrooms at GreenwoodElementary School, the instal-lation of new energy-efficientwindows at Greenwood andthe addition of air condition-ing systems at LMS and LHS.

Duct work for the airconditioning system is nowbeing completed. The airconditioning systems will

A public meeting on the Eagle Complexfires will be held at 3 p.m. today at the BakerCity Church of Nazarene gymnasium

The news about the Phillips Creek Fire,seven miles northwest of Elgin, is good. Thefire is now 89 percent contained. The OregonInteragency Incident Management Team 2,which has been managing the fire for about12 days, will soon turn it over to the UmatillaNational Forest and the Oregon Departmentof Forestry, which will monitor it.

Smoke can still be seen coming from hotspots in the interior of the fire. This smokecan be expected to be seen for some time.

A closure around the perimeter of the firearea is still in effect. The closure area beginsat the point where Highway 204 enters theUmatilla National Forest, west along theForest Boundary to Forest Service RoadiFSRl 3740, north-northwest along FSR 3740to the junction with FSR 3738, north alongFSR 3738 to East Phillips Creek iSection 28l,following East Phillips Creek east to PedroCreek, following Pedro Creek east-northeastto FSR 3734, south along FSR 3734 to thejunction with Highway 204, south alongHighway 204 to the beginning point at theforest boundary.

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begin operating around mid-September after chiller unitspurchased for LMS and LHSarrive, Panike said. LHS willhave one large chiller unitand LMS will have threemid-size units.

The chiller units will coolthe air in classrooms in theupper level of LMS and theupper west building at LHS.Air conditioning is needed tocool the classrooms, particu-larlyin May and Septemberwhen outside temperaturescan top 90 degrees.

Bond-funded projects setto start sometime after thisyear include the constructionof a new Central ElementarySchool building, replacing thecurrent 61-year-old building;a new vocational technicalbuilding at LHS; additionalclassrooms at Island City El-ementary School; and majorrenovations to the LHS gymand auditorium.

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as a serious candidate forthe office.

"In order to win state-wide elections, Oregon'svoters must believe thatGOP office holders willmake their everyday livesbetter," Pierce wr ote inan email while travel-ing in Spain. "They mustbelieve that we will makethem more prosperous byspurring economic growththrough private businesssuccess, especially focusingon small community busi-nesses."

Pierce said OregonRepublicans need to appealto conservatives and "thosewith liberal views."

While he's the loneRepublican to publiclyannounce a campaignfor governor, he's gener-ally seen as more sociallyconservative than otherRepublicans who have ex-pressed interest in running,said Jim Moore, director ofthe Tom McCall Center forPolicy Innovation at PacificUniversity.

Freshman RepublicanRep. Knute Buehler an-nounced last month he'sconsidering a gubernato-rial bid about nine monthsafter being elected to Bend'sHouse seat. Buehler spentmuch of his first session inSalem appealing to Demo-crats to pass a bill expand-ing birth control access atthe pharmacy whichPierce said he opposes-and voting with the moder-ate wing ofhis party.

Had Buehler been suc-cessful in his 2012 challengeof then-Secretary of StateKate Brown, he might beworking in the governor's of-fice and staying at MahoniaHall instead of a rentedcondo in Salem in-session.He lost by 8 percentagepoints after Brown heavilycarried Multnomah andWashington counties. Shewent on to replace formerGov. John Kitzhaber whenhe resigned in February.

As Buehler contemplatesa gubernatorial run, he sayshe has to "look at what thatwould mean for me, myfamily and professionally."He showed in both his 2012and 2014 races that he's aprodigious fundraiser who'salso willing to self-financehis campaigns. He gave his

All signs point to Gov. Kate Brown, shown signing a billexpanding access to contraception during a ceremonyat the state Capitol in June, running for election to fin-ish the final two years on Kitzhaber's fourth term. Theoffice will again be on the ballot for a full fouryear termin 2018. Brown hasn't announced whether she plans torun. Candidates can first file for office Sept. 10.

campaign account $10,000in July, kicking off specula-tion about his intention for2016, and more donationshave trickled in.

Buehler also stuck withthe positivity campaignwhen he criticized Republi-can presidential candidateand real estate mogulDonald Trump for incendi-ary comments the candidatehas made. Trump is leadingmost national polls by awide margin.

"Donald Trump is unin-formed, out of touch and hasno place as a leader of theRepublican Party," Buehlerwrote on Aug. 9."For Repub-licans to win nationally andhere in Oregon, we need aPresidential nominee andGOP that is positive, inclu-sive and hopeful."

Allen Alley, a LakeOswego Republican wholost a 2010 primary battleto Chris Dudley, told TheBulletin in an email he was"seriously considering" arun for governor."I believe Oregon needs

positive, optimistic, aspi-rational leadership witha vision," Alley said. "Ibelieved that in 2010, andit is true now more thanever. I have not made adecision regarding runningfor governor in 2016 butI still have a passion forservice and I am seriouslyconsidering it."

Moore said that since the1980s, Republican primaryvoters have been more so-cially conservative. He saidvoters in 2006 and 2010supported primary candi-dates who were moderate,including Chris Dudley, whocame within a few thousandvotes of toppling Kitzhaberin 2010. But the party hasbeen torn.

to voters.

'You have a lot of thosesame dynamics still outthere," said Moore, who'swriting a book about VicAtiyeh, the last Republicangovernor of Oregon, whoserved from 1979-87 anddied last year.

"Buehler looks hke hecould carry the moderatebanner. But it's still notclear that he would ab-solutely win the primarybecause it's a relatively newthing that moderates havebeen winning these prima-ries," Moore said.

Currier says the partywill keep from pickingfavorites among the even-tual GOP campaigns thatemerge. Instead, he said,the party will try to build upits cash reserves so it canfuel the eventual nominee'sgeneral election campaign.

He's also hoping the pri-mary candidates play nicewith one another withouthaving to spend much ordamage the positive imagethe party is trying to project

So far, all signs point toGov. Kate Brown runningfor election to finish the fi-nal two years on Kitzhaber'sfourth term. The office willagain be on the ballot for afull four-year term in 2018.

Brown hasn't announcedwhether she plans to run.Candidates can first file foroffice Sept. 10.

But Brown said in a re-cent email after signing thefinal of more than 800 billspassed in the legislativesession that adjourned lastmonth, that"there is stillmore to do, and I remaincommitted to finding solu-tions that sustain economicrecovery statewide, expand-ing opportunities so Orego-nians can get ahead."

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2,217 acres on Sunday, Most of the increasewas in the southeast portion.

'There was a slight increase in fire activity,"Barth said.Firefighters were hampered by heavy

smoke Sunday. The smoke made it impossibleto fly a tanker plane in to drop fire retardanton the blaze. Fortunately, pilots were ableto fly two helicopters into the fires to makewater drops, Barth said.

Despite the heavy smoke, firefightingconditions could have been worse."There waslight wind and temperatures cooled ofE butthere were some gusts on ridge tops," Barthsald.

Rocky Mountain Team Black, a Type 2interagency incident management team, as-sumed command of the fire at 6 a.m . Sunday.A type 3 team previously commanded theblaze. Type 3 teams manage fires that areless serious.

There are now about 140 personnel on theEagle Complex fires. They are based at LilyWhite field station, which is south of the blaze.

TRAMWAY "All of the customers tothe businesses use our largeparking area,"Whittemoresald.

He and Lockhart, however,have given their assurancethat if more parking is re-quired, they will not hesitateto develop other nearby areasfor that purpose

"Their own well-being withregard to their business isdirectly connected to havingparking,"Anderson said.

The tramway owners haveadditional property near theEdelweiss building that canbe developed for parking.

"The decision of the ownersis that there will be no netdecrease in parking with thisdevelopment as long as theyown the place,"Andersonsald.

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The tramway owners wererepresented by Steven An-derson of Anderson Consult-ing Services in La Grandeduring the applicationprocess. Several people w ithlegal interests in the submis-sion expressed issues duringthe application proceeding.

The Wallowa CountyPlanning Commissionheard oral complaints andreceived letters of concernfrom local business andproperty owners, most ofwhich related to scenic and

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Wayfaring wanderers: moose, wolves, penguins, oh myA favorite book of m ine as a childwas about a penguin with ariveting case of wanderlust.

The penguin grew tired of the cold.Showing great enterprise, he saweda chunk ofice into the shape of a boatand set up a sail. Then he set out forless mukluk-intensive climes.

Once his most unusual migrationwas completed, the penguin wasseen wearing sunglasses, drinkinglemonade and fantasizing aboutHula-girl penguins.

It's not known whether he choseto have ice in his drink.

Now, it seems, Northeast Oregonhas become the preferred destina-tion of several wandering moose.Recently, they've been spottedcavorting in the towns of Wallowaand Union. Perhaps the moose grew

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dream. The National Lampoonmovie "Summer Vacation," wherethe Griswold family drives fromChicago to California to visit theWally World theme park, only tofind it closed, features the appear-ance of a cartoon moose.M oose are also a cartoonist's

dream. They are funny lookingwith their ample noses, weird headshapes and googly eyes seeminglybuilt for scanning entire area codes.

That the moose population isgrowing in Northeast Oregon, forthose of us who care about diver-sity of species, is a good sign. It'sreassuring when we have amplebackcountry, and not just fancysubdivisions named for displacedspecies. Northeast Oregon doesn'tneed a Moose Heights. A Wolf Es-

tates. An Antelope Circle. We needm oose, wolves, antelopes as longas they don't trample our rutabagasor challenge Mufy the chihuahuato a fight.

Some people speculate that it isthe growing population of wolvesin this cleverly hidden corner of Or-egon that is pushing the moose intomore frequent public appearances.Out of the mountains. Into thevalleys. Taking a bow in our towns.The wolves do tend to intimidatewhen they bare their fangs or get ahankering for leg oflamb.Wolves, too, get cases of wander-

lust. One in particular, said to bein search of a mate, should havelogged on to the wolvesonly.com dat-ing site. The lusty canine made itall the way from Northeast Oregon

to the northern California Cascademountains, where he was foundwearing socks with his sandals andgot kicked back to Oregon.

Perhaps, though, the wolf waslike my boyhood hero, the penguin.Perhaps tired of calls for his execu-tion he just wanted a change ofscenery. Perhaps he was followinghis muse. Or maybe he was really,really hungry and had a hankeringfor California mutton.

No matter. Out and about, mostof us will go a long time betweensightings of penguins, moose andwolves. Still, we know that they areout there somewhere, maybe kickingback in the shade of a ponderosapine, drinking lemonade, dreamingup new names for subdivisions like"Native American Heights."

tired ofhaving to say"eh" at theend of every sentence, mosquitoesthe size of 747s and "fiee" healthcare. Perhaps they'd had enough ofHockey Night in Canada on everyTV channel.

Blame the cartoon Bullwinkle.Most of us think of the moose asLOL 0augh out loud) funny. Peopleencountering moose out of context,as in Northeast Oregon, seemcompelled to give them funny nameslike Monty or Maxmillion. Namingcontests get m ore participation thanthe race for county commissioner.

Moose are a comedy writer's

MILESTONESMavis Simonson - 80th birthday

ALS ice bucket challenge

Mavis Simonson of Elgin was born Aug. 19, 1935. A receptionto celebrate her 80th birthday will be held at her home, hostedby her children and their families, Theresa and DavidTishmack ofLa Grande and Kathy and Gary Martinson of Elgin.

Stuart and Cristine Martin - 50th anniversaryStuart R. Martin and Cristine J. Martin were married Sept 5,

1965, in Salt Lake City, Utah. They met while attending BrighamYoung University and reside in Island City. A reception to cel-ebrate their 50th wedding anniversary will be held from 4 p.m.to 6 p.m. Sept. 5 in the Riverside Park Pavilion. The party will behosted by Rod and Kimberly Martin of American Fork, Utah. Thecouple's children and their spouses are Shaun and Candy Mar-tin, Rod and Kimberly Martin, Wade and Jessica Martin, Ryanand Kim Martin andApril and Dallon Marsh.

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EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITYLion Mike Garver, top left, douses icy water over EverretGrandeen while Daryl Hawes, top right, pours a bucketof water over a screaming Becca Scott. The Elgin Lionsclub participated in a dousing of cold water for ALS re-search Wednesday at the Fountain Park in Elgin. They arechallenging other Lions clubs throughout the county to asimilar bucket challenge.

TrishYerges/ForThe ObserverLions member Mike Garver douses fellow LionSteve Oliver as he grimaces under the shockingcold flow of water over his head. The Elgin Lionsare challenging other Lions clubs throughoutthe county to submit to a cold water dousing aswell. Donations collected will go to the local ALSorganization.

EOU expandingEnglish languagelearning options Main Street Show & ShineObserver staff

New tools will be avail-able soon to help non-nativeEnglish speakers becomeprepared to excel as stu-dents at Eastern OregonUniversity.

EOU is partnering withan organization calledEnglish3 to offer a supple-mental proficiency test andan American ClassroomReadiness course startingthis fall, according to a pressrelease from EOU.

English3 is an advancedEnglish language-learningprogram serving individuals,corporations and educationalinstitutions around the world.

The proficiency test willprovide EOU with a moreeffective way to evaluateincoming non-U.S. domicileand international studentson their English languageskills. Compared to otherproficiency exams, Eng-lish3's test is known forbeing better able to detectunderprepared students.

EOU will still use scoresfrom the Test of Englishas Foreign Language, orTOEFL, and the Interna-tional English LanguageTesting System, or IELTS,when determining a stu-dent's application status.

"This is an excitingendeavor and wonderfulopportunity to open doorsto a new wave of studentsthat can and will add to thediversity on campus," said

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Janet Camp, EOU's Inter-national Student Servicescoordinator.

EOU is also excitedto include the AmericanClassroom Readiness courseas part of its orientationprogram for new multi-cultural and internationalstudents. The customizablecourse focuses on improvinglanguage production andbridges the gap betweensuccessful completion of theproficiency exam and begin-ning in-class learning.

The course is also designedto change behavior and dis-pel classroom myths to helpstudents become accustomedto the American classroom sothey can succeed in requiredtasks, including group work,classroom participation and

English3's platform usesasynchronous video tech-nology, enabling studentsto record and submit clipsof them speaking out loudfor practice and performingcollege-level tasks. Coachesreview the clips and providepersonalized video feedback.

These resources will alsobe available to domestic stu-dents who want to improvetheir English languageskills, including underrep-resented students who canbenefit from these services.

For more information, con-tact Camp at 541-962-3406,jcamp@eou.edu or visit www.eou.edu/intprog/'english3.

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Above: The second annual MainStreet Show &. Shine in Enterprise,held on Saturday and Sunday, waswell attended. Car and truck enthu-siasts participated from Wyoming,Idaho and Oregon.

Left: This 1958 Chevrolet lmpala wonBest of Show. It was entered by Rich-ard Latham of Stanfield. The secondannual Main Street Show &. Shinehad 113 entries.

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The Imbler School DistrictBoard of Directors will m eetfor a regular session at7 p.m. Tuesday in Room 1 ofImbler High School.

The Cove School Boardwill also meet Tuesday. Themeeting will begin at 7 p.m.in the high school math

The public is welcome toattend all open sessions.

Liberian drummer toperform in Union

School district boardseach meet Tuesday

UNION The UnionUnited Methodist ChurchColloquy is inviting the com-munity to a concert featur-ing a Liberian drummer at2 p.m. Aug. 23 the Union CityPark gazebo.

Visiting artistsentertain at event

SUMMERVILLE-Traditional-Live! is hostinga summer potluck and danceTuesday at the PleasantGrove Grange, 67218 HunterRoad, Summerville. Theevening of folk music willfeature visiting artists. Thepotluck will begin at 6 p.m.,with the music and dancingat 7 p.m. The event is free;donations will be accepted.

For more information, call541-534-5541 or 541-962-9355, email info@neofs.us orgo to www.neofs.us.

Island City Lionsmeet TuesdayIsland City Lions will meetTuesday at Denny's Res-taurant on Island Avenue.The meeting starts at 7 p.m.Those who wish can cometo eat at 6 p.m. The meetingwill feature guests from theCeltic Festival and High-land Games. Guests andnew members are alwayswelcome.

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Incident commanBy Tiish Yerges

ELGIN At the finalpublic meeting of the In-teragency Incident Man-agement Team 2, IncidentCommander Brett Fillispresented Elgin MayorAllan Duffy with an openletter to the community,commending it for its amaz-ing outpouring of supportfor their firefighters.

"I gotta tell you that I'venever done this before in thesix years as the I. C. of thisteam, so I want Mayor Duffyto come up as I read thisopen letter to the commu-nity of Elgin and to MayorAllan Duffy," Fillis said.

'The forest managementteam has had the opportu-nity to manage fires in allthe Western states includingAlaska, certainly just aboutevery countyin Oregon.We've worked hard to pro-tect people's homes, farms,ranches, timber, grazinglands and various naturalresources. We've been hostedby dozens of communitiesover the years. I want totake this opportunity tolet you know that we'venever been treated as wellas we have been by yourcommunity. The continuoussupply ofbaked goods forthe firefighters was veryoverwhelming to us."

Fillis also enumeratedthe partnering agenciesand organizations thatassisted or supported thefire management team inaccomplishing their mis-sion to contain the PhillipsCreek Fire.

"On this assignment,the Phillips Creek Fire, wewere hosted by and workedfor the Umatilla NationalForest and the OregonDepartment of Forestry.We were supported andassisted by Union CountySherifFs Department,Union County EmergencyManagement, OregonDepartment of Transpor-tation Union County, theElgin Stampede, the Cityof Elgin, Elgin Rural Fire

A nice postcard picture of North Powder as viewed from the high school. North Powder, now known best for its Huckleberry Festival, is lo-cated in the southern part of Union County on old Highway 30 just off of lnterstate 84. The postcard was dated Sept. 29, 1919, which meansthe picture was taken sometime before that. No photographer was listed on the postcard.

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District, Imbler Rural FireDistrict and La Grande Ru-ral Fire District. The levelof cooperation that existsamong these local agencieshas been unquestionablyimportant in bringing thisincident to a successful con-clusion during our tenure."

This level of interagencycooperation, he said, shouldnot be taken for granted.

"I can tell you from ourexperience that this is notpresent everywhere we go,"said Fillis.'This cooperationis only achieved by peopleworking together ahead oftime. Again, I appreciate thehospitality and support thathas been shown to our teamand to our firefighters dur-ing our tenure on this fire."

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MayorAllan Duffy, left, accepts a letter of appreciation from ManagementTeam2 Incident Commander Brett Fillis, after it was read to an audience of communitymembers at the Aug. 10 public meeting.

"Zhis cooperation is only achieved by peopleworking together ahead of time. Again, Iappreciate the hospitality and support thathas been shown to our team and to ourfirefighters during our tenure on thisfire."

for the incident commandpost and firefighters Aug. 1.

Stampede spokesper-son Bud Scoubes said theStampede was glad to be ofservice.

"They have been verycooperative and friendly towork with, and they haveexpressed several timestheir pleasure with ourfacility because it is so largeand has accommodatedthem so well," Scoubes said."There are 27-V2 acres sothey have been able to sec-tion things off and campersare able to get away fromthe commotion and havesome quiet. It's just workedout real well for them. We'reglad it was available fortheir use, and it's been agood working relationship."

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"The support you allshowed our firefighterswas just tremendous. TheStampeders who hostedus, also, the volleyball girlsand reading club who werecheering our firefightersand supporting them whenthey came in off-shift. Thenthere's the baked goods,"Gamble said, pausing to pathis stomach."I think someof us are probably gladthis is coming to a closure.There's been a tremendousoutpouring of foods andbaked goods from the com-munity. That's meant a lotto the firefighters. And thenthere were some lucky fire-fighters who got some quiltsthat were donated from thelocal quilting club. I can tellyou, those folks are goinghome with a tremendousmemento and somethingthat's going to keep themwarm for years to come.Thank you, community."

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occasiont 've been covering Elginnews now for nine yearsthis month, getting to knowthe people and coming to ap-preciate their volunteerismin any project they pursue. Itis with hard work and per-severance that they achievewhat they do to benefit theircommunity.

The Phillips Creek Firewas a good example of thiskind of"all hands on deck"reaction to a threateningevent. In just 10 days, hotembers from someone'scampfire grew into a forestfire with an area of 2,601acres and smoke everywhere.Elgin was often socked inwith smoke, and people couldhave stayed indoors and hid,but they didn't.A group of girls led by

Elgin volunteer Twila Ivinsmade "thank you" signs andstood along Highway 82 atthe entrance to the IncidentCommand Post and greetedtired and hot firefightersyelling, 'You're our heroes!"There were signs posted onlight poles all around townextending sincere apprecia-tion to the firefighters.

Angie Hallgarth andBrunswick owner BrendaReid made cupcakes, cook-ies and cinnamon rolls andbrought them to the campevery day. Now these fire-fighters are fed really well bytheir caterers, but there's stillnothing like freshly bakedgoods, and the firefightersreally appreciated it.The Elgin Chamber of

Commerce members boughtbottled water from local gro-cers to give to the fire fighters.Those firefighters spent morethan 70,000 hours exposedto heat, ashes and chokingsmoke. To them a bottle ofclean water was priceless.

I have to say, I envy anyfirefighter who received aquilt from the Blue Moun-tain Quilters. Those creativeladies can make the mostbeautiful quilts you'd everwant to see. Their work isphilanthropic and right now,no one deserves those quiltsmore than those fighting topreserve the town.

The Stampeders alsocame riding to the rescue byoffering their rodeo groundsas an Incident CommandPost. Stampeders aren't justtrain robbers, you know. Theyare civic-minded cowboysand cowgirls who help outwhen they are needed. Theydid their part to show theirappreciation.

All these folks fve come toknow through my work. Theycare about their communityand want to preserve theircountry way oflife here. Theywant to have peace and pros-perity, but they've shown thatwhen thatis threatened,theywill become proactive.

This is the first seriousfire they've experienced indecades, but they've provenwhat they are made of, andthis time it was noticed by theIncident Management Team2 when Commander BrettFillis wrote a rare letter ofrecognition to the community,citing their extraordinaryacts of kindness and coop-erative generosity towardtheir management team andfirefighters.

There's no better compli-ment that can be given to acommunity, so I tip my hat toElgin residents for exhibitingtheir true giving characterwhile under duress.

Send us yourOutskirts itemDeadline: Noon FridayReach us: Mail:1406 Fifth St.,La Grande, OR 97850 Email: ckaechele@lagrandeobserver.com or news@lagrandeobserver.com Fax: 541-963-7804Questions?Call 541-963-3161.

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The Observer

AT A GLANCE

Spieth leaps toNo. 1 ranking

Jordan Spiethfailed to win thePGA Championshipon Sunday, but hemoved to No. 1 inthe Official WorldGolf Ranking, thesecond-youngestNo. 1 behindTigerWoods, who was 21when he went to No.1 in 1997.

Spieth, who hada remarkable run inthe majors that sawhim win the Mastersand U.S. Open andmiss a playoff byone stroke atTheOpen, finished threestrokes back of PGAChampionship win-ner Jason Day.

The solo second-place finish coupledwith Rory Mcllroy's17th-place finishmeant a new No. 1 forthe first time in morethan a year.

Kenseth pullsaway for win

Chris Henderson attempts to clear a log pyramidduring the choker race at Saturday's Cove LumberjackShow at the annual Cherry Fair.

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COLLEGE WOMEN'S SOCCER

The ObserverBy Ronald Bond

It's a lumberjack's version ofa track meet: a test of speed,endurance and skill.

The third annual CoveLumberjack Show part ofthe town's annual Cherry Fair drew 14 competitors whosplit firewood, hurled axes,navigated an obstacle course

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and sawed through logsSaturday afternoon.

It's something event coordi-nator Blake Manley wantedto bring to the Cherry Fair, ashe sees logging as an integralpart of Cove's history.

"(The Cherry Fair is) allabout the roots of Cove andlogging is very much embed-ded in the roots of Cove, so I

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think that's my main reasonfor wanting it," Manley said.

"They've never really hadanything like this."

While the number of com-petitors was down from a yearago, roughly 100 spectatorstook in the activities, a crowdsize Manley said is the high-est in the event's three years,

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Matt Kenseth hadlittle to say about howNASCAR's rules pack-age affected his raceat Michigan Interna-tional Speedway.

"I didn't see muchof the race, whichwas totally fine withme," he said. "Wewere up front thewhole time."

Kenseth startedin the lead, stayedthere for most of therace and finishedwith his third SprintCup victory of theseason Sunday,beating Kevin Har-vick by1.7 seconds.

It was the secondrace under NAS-CAR's high-dragaerodynamic pack-age, which was alsoin place at India-napolis last month inan effort to improvepassing. At Michigan,Kenseth won whileleading 146 of 200laps.

Borchers' goallifts Timbers

The Observer

Eastern ushers in 2015season with new headcoach and 19 new playersBy Josh Benham

It's a season of change for the East-ern Oregon University women's soccerteam. The head coach, Justin Wagar,was hired in the offseason, but the newfaces don't stop there the Mountain-eers added 19 transfers and freshmensignees this season.

awe have three distinct groups thisyear,"Wagar said of the incoming fresh-men and transfers, plus the returners."Everyone asks me, 'How's the team

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going to look.'Well, we're going to havetalent. (Butl can we get these threegroups to work together? That's beenour challenge."

Nine players are back on the rosterfiom the 2014 team that went 3-8-4 overall, and 1-5-3 in the CascadeCollegiate Conference en route to aneighth-place finish. Recently, Easternwas voted the seventh-best squad inthe conference's preseason coaches poll,and Wagar is depending on veteranslike Haley Hill, Danielle Robinson andLexi Olivo to help meld the groupstogether. But he'd like a collection ofplayers, regardless of the amount oftime they've been on the team, to takeon leadership roles.

"It takes more than one player tolead a team. You need several to stepup," he said."Everyone's kind of sittingaround waiting. They don't want tostep on anyone's toes. Who's going totake the lead, who's going to take thereins? Because right now everyone'sjust looking at each other, rather thansaying I want the ball, give me it andI'm going to take care of it."

The senior HI11 said the transi-tion to a new coach, while adding allthe new faces, will be a process. Shedoesn't mince words, however, whenasked about Wagar's influence on theteam in terms of teaching the sportand getting the players in tip-top shape

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The Associated Press

Tim Tebow made his returnto the NFL on Sunday, playingquarterback for the Philadel-phia Eagles in their preseasonopener against the Indianapo-lis Colts.

"It was fun,"Tebow saidafter the Eagles' 36-10 win."Playing ball. I loved it. Youwant to be focused on foot-work, reads, communicationwith everybody but also enjoythe moment. You won't alwayshaveit."

Tebow entered the game atLincoln Financial Field withseven minutes left in the thirdquarter. He received a stand-ing ovation fiom fans as hetook the field for the first time.

"I was thanldifl,a Tebowsaid."But I was also like, They(the Eagles offensive players)won't be able to hear me! Wellhave to go (to al silent (countl.'It's very humbling. It defi-nitely means a lot."

Tebow earned another ova-tion late in the fourth quarter.After a turnover gave theEagles the ball in Colts terri-tory, Tebow ran around rightend and dove over Colts safetyWinston Guy for a 7-yardtouchdown.

"It was fun,"Tebow said."Seeing the end zone andfighting to getin I've beenblessed to have a few opportu-nities in my life."

Nat Borchersscored in the 95thminute to give thePortlandTimbers a1-0 victory over RealSalt Lake on Satur-day night.

Borchers headeddown Diego Valeri'scorner kick pastgoalkeeper NickRimando. Rimandohad conceded thecorner with a divingsave of MaximilianoUrruti's right-footedblast from the top ofthe 18-yard box.

Timbers goalkeep-er Adam Kwaraseymade five saves forhis 11th shutout ofthe season for theTimbers, who im-proved to 11-8-6.

The Associated Press brought him a major champi-onship he started to wondermight never happen.

Day was in tears before heeven tapped in for par and a5-under 67 for a three-shotvictory. He sobbed on theshoulder of Colin Swatton,his caddie and longtimecoach who rescued Day asa 12-year-old struggling toovercome the death ofhisfather.

And then came highpraise from Spieth in the

Third time's the charm for ason Day in majorsPGA CHAMPIONSHIP

scoring trailer when golf'snew No. 1 player told him,"There's nothing I could do."

"I didn't expect I wasgoing to cry," Day said. "Alot of emotion has come outbecause I've been so close somany times and fallen short.To be able to play the wayI did today, especially withJordan in my group, I couldtell that he was the favorite.Just to be able to finish the

way I did was amazing."Three shots ahead with

three holes to play on acourse with trouble every-where, Day blasted a drivedown the fairway on thepar-5 16th and hit a tower-ing 4-iron into 20 feet. Hebit his lower lip, swatted hiscaddie on the arm, knowinghis work was almost done.

The two-putt birdie puthim at 20-under par, andtwo closing pars gave himthe record to par in m ajors,

breaking by one shot the 19under of Tiger Woods at St.Andrews in the 2000 Brit-ish Open. Day finished at20-under 268, not knowinguntil it was over that it wasa record.

What really matteredwas that shiny WanamakerTrophy at his side.

He shared the 54-holelead at the U.S. Open andthe British Open and hadto watch someone elsecelebrate.

Given a third straightchance to finally win a major,Jason Day promised a fightto the finish in the PGAChampionship.

Turns out the biggest fightwas to hold back the tears.

Worried that this yearmight turn out to be a majorfailure, Day never gave Jor-dan Spieth or anyone else achance Sunday. He delivereda record-setting performanceat Whistling Straits that

TONIGHT'S PICIC WHO'S HOT

The third annual Cove Lumberjack Show tookplace during the town's Cherry Fair Saturday, andsaw an increase in spectators, according to eventcoordinator Blake Manley. Those in the crowdgot to witness Manley earn the top overall maleof the event. He won a total of four events: thefirewood chop, the choker race, the double bucklog-sawing and the axe throw. 0

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Cards-Giantsbegin series

Two of the top teams inN.L. collide when the EastDivision-leading St. LouisCardinals host the San Fran-cisco Giants, the second-place team in the West.5 p.m., ESPN

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WHO'S NOT

CHRIS JOHN-SON: The in-fielder for theCleveland Indianssat out his second straightgame Sunday after hesuspects he was bittenby an insect at the team'shotel Friday night inMinneapolis.

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SCOREBOARDAMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pc t GB WCGB L1 064 52 . 552 - - 4-665 54 . 546 '/z - 8-260 56 . 51 7 4 - 6-458 59 . 496 6 ' / z 2'/z 5-552 65 . 444 12'/z 8'/z 5-5

L Pct G B WCGB L1 046 .603 - - 7-358 .504 11'/z 1'/z 5-561 479 14'lz 4'lz 4-660 .478 14'/z 4'/z 5-562 .466 16 6 5-5

W L Pc t GB WCGB L1 064 54 . 542 - - 4-66 0 57 . 513 3 ' / z '/z 3-759 57 . 509 4 1 6-455 63 . 466 9 6 5-55 1 68 . 429 13'/z 10 ' / z 3- 7

East Division

New YorkTorontoBaltimoreTampa BayBoston

Kansas CityMinnesotaDetroitChicagoCleveland

HoustonLos AngelesTexasSeattleOakland

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All Times PDTAMERICAN LEAGUESaturday's Games

N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 1Boston 22, Seattle 10Baltimore 4, Oakland 3Chicago Cubs 6, Chicago White Sox 3Minnesota 4, Cleveland 1Detroit 4, Houston 2, 11 inningsKansas City 9, L.A. Angels 4Texas 12, Tampa Bay 4

Sunday's GamesToronto 3, N.Y. Yankees 1Baltimore 18, Oakland 2Seattle 10, Boston 8, 12 inningsChicago White Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 1Minnesota 4, Cleveland 1Houston 6, Detroit 5Texas 5, Tampa Bay 3Kansas City 4, L.A. Angels 3, 10

inningsMinnesota (Gibson 8-9) at N.Y. Yan-

kees (Sabathia 4-9), 4:05 p.m.Oakland (S.Gray 12-4) at Baltimore

(Tillman 8-7), 4:05 p.m.Cleveland (Salazar 10-6) at Boston

(M.Barnes 3-2), 4:10 p.m.Seattle (T Walker 8-7) at Texas(Hamels 0-1), 5:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 9-4) at Houston(Kazmir 6-7), 5:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Rodon 5-4) at L.A.

Angels (Heaney 5-1), 7:05 p.m.Tuesdayls Games

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West Division

East Division

St. LouisPittsburghChicagoCincinnatiMilwaukee

New YorkWashingtonAtlantaMiamiPhiladelphia

Los AngelesSan FranciscoArizonaSan DiegoColorado

West Division

Central Division

Central Division

NATIONAL LEAGUE

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

L Pct G B WCGB L1 055 .534 - - 5-559 .496 4 ' / z 9'/z 2-86 4 .453 9 ' / z 14 ' / z 5- 57 0 .402 15'/z 2 0 ' / z 4- 672 .390 17 22 4-6

L Pct G B WCGB L1 042 .641 - - 7-346 .600 5 - 8-249 .578 7 ' /z - 9-165 .440 23'/z 16 3-76 8 .429 25 17' / z 5- 5

L Pct G B WCGB L1 051 .568 - - 5-553 .547 2 ' / z 3'/z 5-559 .491 9 10 5-562 .475 11 12 4-668 .414 18 19 3-7

Str Home AwayL-3 42-21 21-34L-6 31-23 27-36

W-1 32-24 21-40W-1 28-30 19-40L-3 27-29 19-43

Str Home AwayL-1 44-18 31-24

W-4 39-18 30-28L-1 34-24 33-25L-3 28-26 23-39

W-3 27-36 24-32

Str Home AwayW-3 42-20 25-31W-4 35-24 29-29L-1 30-29 27-30L-1 26-29 30-33

W-1 26-31 22-37

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 11-6) at Baltimore(Gausman 2-4), 4:05 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 7-10) at Philadelphia(Nola 3-1), 4:05 p.m.Cleveland (Bauer 9-9) at Boston

(E.Rodriguez 6-5), 4:10 p.m.Kansas City (Volquez 11-7) at Cincin-

nati (R.lglesias 3-4), 4:10 p.m.Detroit (An.Sanchez 10-10) at Chicago

Cubs (Hammel 6-5), 5:05 p.m.Seattle (Iwakuma 4-2) at Texas (Ch.

Gonzalez 2-4), 5:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-6) at Houston

(Feldman 5-5), 5:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 6-9) at

L.A. Angels (Richards 11-9), 7:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-6) at Oak-

land (Doubront 1-1), 7:05 p.m.NATIONAL LEAGUESaturday's Games

Str Home AwayL-1 32-21 32-31

W-1 40-23 25-31W-3 35-20 25-36L-3 31-31 27-28L-1 29-29 23-36

Str Home AwayW-2 41-20 29-26W-2 38-24 21-34L-1 28-30 28-31

W-1 30-28 25-32L-2 24-34 30-28

Str Home AwayW-1 40-19 24-35L-3 36-23 24-34

W-4 26-29 33-28W-1 26-33 29-30L-6 27-34 24-34

Arizona (Hellickson 8-8) at Pittsburgh(G.Cole 14-6), 4:05 p.m.Miami (Nicolino 1-1) at Milwaukee

(Garza 6-12), 5:10 p.m.San Francisco (Heston 11-7) at St.

Louis (Wacha 14-4), 5:15 p.m.Atlanta (W.Perez 4-3) at San Diego(Rea 1-0), 7:10 p.m.Arizona (Ch.Anderson 5-5) at Pitts-

burgh (Liriano 8-6), 4:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (deGrom 11-6) at Baltimore

(Gausman 2-4), 4:05 p.m.Toronto (Dickey 7-10) at Philadelphia(Nola 3-1), 4:05 p.m.Kansas City (Volquez 11-7) at Cincin-

nati (R.lglesias 3-4), 4:10 p.m.Detroit (An.Sanchez 10-10) at Chicago

Cubs (Hammel 6-5), 5:05 p.m.Miami (Conley 1-0) at Milwaukee(Cravy 0-4), 5:10 p.m.San Francisco (Leake 9-6) at St. Louis

(Lynn 9-7), 5:15 p.m.Washington (Zimmermann 8-8) at

Colorado (Hale 3-4), 5:40 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-6) at Oak-

land (Doubront 1-1), 7:05 p.m.Atlanta (Wisler 5-2) at San Diego

(Shields 8-5), 7:10 p.m.

GOLF

Jason Day 68-6 7-66-67 268 -20Jordan Spieth 7 1 -67-65-68 271 -17Branden Grace 71-69-64-69 273 -15Justin Rose 69- 67-68-70 274 -14Brooks Koepka 73-69-67-66 275 -13Anirban Lahiri 7 0 -67-70-68 275 -13George Coetzee 74-65-70-67 276 -12Dustin Johnson 66-73-68-69276 -12Matt Kuchar 68- 72-68-68276-12Tony Finau 71-66-69-71 277 -11Robert Streb 70- 73-67-67 277 -11Russell Henley 68-71-70-69 278 -10Martin Kaymer 70-70-65-73 278 -10David Lingmerth 67-70-75-66 278 -10Brandt Snedeker 71-70-68-69 278 -10Brendan Steele 69-69-73-67 278 -10Rory Mcllroy 71- 71-68-69 279 -9Victor Dubuisson 76-70-67-67 280 -8Phil Mickelson 72-73-66-69 280 -8Justin Thomas 72-70-68-70 280 -8Hiroshi Iwata 77 - 63-70-71 281 -7Matt Jones 68-6 5-73-75 281 -7Bubba Watson 72-71-70-68 281 -7J.B. Holmes 68- 71-69-74 282 -6Ernie Els 71-71-69-72 283 -5Tyrrell Hatton 73 -72-68-70 283 -5Billy Horschel 7 2 -68-68-75 283 -5Cameron Smith 74-68-70-71 283 -5Henrik Stenson 76-66-70-71 283 -5Paul Casey 70- 70-70-74 284 -4Rickie Fowler 73 -70-70-71 284 -4Jim Furyk 73-70-69-72 284 -4Louis Oosthuizen 72-71-72-69 284 -4Patrick Reed 75 -69-67-73 284 -4Steve Stricker 7 1 -72-71-70 284 -4Nick Watney 78- 68-68-70 284 -4Jason Bohn 74- 71-66-74 285 -3Hideki Matsuyama 70-70-71-74 285 -3Ryan Moore 73- 70-75-67 285 -3Charl Schwartzel 73-69-68-75 285 -3Vijay Singh 73-7 1-71-70 285 -3Boo Weekley 75 -70-65-75 285 -3Kevin Chappell 73-68-78-67 286 -2Luke Donald 72- 70-70-74 286 -2Danny Lee 68-7 7-69-72 286 -2Hunter Mahan 72-68-73-73 286 -2Lee Westwood 72-72-70-72 286 -2Thomas Bjorn 6 9 -75-69-74 287 -1Harris English 6 8 -71-76-72 287 -1

At Whistling Straits (Straits Course)Sheboygan, Wis.Purse: $10 million

Yardage: 7,501: Par: 72

Tuesday's Games

Final

Monday's Games

SundayPGA Championship

No games scheduled

Tulsa 81, New York 76

WESTERN CONFERENCE

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Monday's Games

Pittsburgh 8, N.Y. Mets 1Atlanta 2, Arizona 1, 10 inningsChicago White Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 1Milwaukee 6, Philadelphia 1Miami 6, St. Louis 4San Francisco 5, Washi ngton 0L.A. Dodgers 2, Cincinnati 1Colorado 5, San Diego 0

Arizona 8, Atlanta 4Chicago Cubs 6, Chicago White Sox 3Milwaukee 4, Philadelphia 2Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Mets 3, 14 inningsSt. Louis 6, Miami 2San Diego 7, Colorado 5L.A. Dodgers 8, Cincinnati 3San Francisco 12, Washington 6

Sundayts Games

Scott PiercyMarcel SiemMarc WarrenY.E. YangSergio Garcia

BASKETBALL

All Times PDTSaturday's GamesSunday's Games

Atlanta 90, Connecticut 77Washington 77, Minnesota 69Los Angeles 76, Chicago 64Indiana 75, Phoenix 63Seattle 72, San Antonio 63

Monday's GamesTuesday's Games

Phoenix at Tulsa, 5 p.m.Indiana at LosAngeles, 7:30 p.m.

SOCCERMLS Standings

New York City FC 3, D.C. United 1

All Times PDTThursday's Games

Friday's GamesSan Jose 1, Colorado 0

New York 3, Toronto FC 0New England 2, Houston 0LosAngeles 2, FC Dallas 1Sporting Kansas City 4, Vancouver 3Portland1, Real Salt Lake 0

Sunday's GamesSeattle 4, Orlando City 0Philadelphia 3, Chicago 3, tie

Wednesday's GamesSan Jose at Sporting Kansas City,

5:30 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

New York 1 6 7 .69 6Indiana 14 9 .6 0 9 2Washington 14 9 .6 0 9 2Chicago 15 11 ,5 7 7 2 ' /zConnecticut 12