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Preparations are
underway to Flora
School festival
FLORA — This year’s
pioneer festival at the Flora
School takes place June 1.
Volunteers are welcome to
aid in preparation at a work
day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
May 18. The day will include
a potluck lunch. Ongoing
projects include building
garbage, installing handrail-
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Blacksmiths are encour-
aged to sign up for the Black-
smith Competition. All skill
levels are welcome. There is
a $50 entry fee, which will be
used for prizes and donated
to the Flora School Education
Center. Bring your own forge
(coal or gas) and fuel supply.
The metal will be supplied
for the contestants. All forged
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a fundraiser for the education
center. For more informa-
ing the windows in the gym
and painting. There will also
be work days on May 29-31
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school and grounds and set
up for the big day.
7812. There will be some pro-
pane forges for rent.
son, FSEC board member, at
rustyhammerforge@yahoo.
Entry for the Chili Cook-
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be cooked, but not canned.
All other ingredients have to
be prepared/cooked on site.
The Flora School Education
Center will provide a table
for you, but you must pro-
vide everything else. Awards
will be given, with the judg-
ing done through People’s
Choice ($1 to sample and
judge). For more informa-
The school is located at
80974 College Lane, Flora.
Observe ballot
counter test
Spring nominations
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Awards due May 25
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lic is invited to observe the
Logic and Accuracy test of
the ballot counter for the
May 21st Special District
Election. This test will be
held at 10 a.m. Tuesday,
May 14 at the Union County
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son, FSEC board member, at
509-876-1470 or email mon-
keyfarmer18@yahoo.com.
For more details on the
St., Suite D, La Grande.
Space is limited, but we will
accommodate as many as
possible. Contact the Clerk’s
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org or call 541-828-7010.
more information.
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City of La Grande Com-
munity Landscape and
Forestry Commission rec-
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and improve the beauty of
La Grande’s environment
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scape maintenance and de-
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are seasonally given to
residential and commercial
properties that have been
carefully landscaped and at-
tract the viewer. These land-
scapes must be seen from
public access and can include
one or more the following
criteria: integrating colors
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use of hardscapes, good use
of space, resource conserva-
tion, wildlife habitat, season-
al diversity, food production,
owners that have overcome
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ination forms are available
at the Parks and Recreation
Department, 2402 Cedar St.
(inside Pioneer Park), and
at www.lagrandeparks.org.
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turned to the Parks Depart-
ment or by email to trees@
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◆✰✒
deadline for the spring award
nominations is May 25.
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Raymond Addleman, 79,
of La Grande, died Dec. 25,
2018. A graveside service
will be held at 2 p.m. May 18
at the Grandeview Cemetery
Veterans Circle, followed by
a 3 p.m. celebration of life at
the Riverside Park Pavilion.
Loveland Funeral Chapel &
Crematory is handling the
arrangements.
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Sara Restrepo, 34, of
Beaverton and formerly of
La Grande, died April 21.
A small family service was
held. Surviving relatives in-
clude her husband, Carlos
Restrepo; father, Mark Jen-
sen; sisters, Jill and Jenna
Jensen; and grandmother,
Sharon Jensen. She was
preceded in death by her
mother, Dr. Susan Jensen.
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Kenneth “Ken” Melvin
Frank, 88, of Cove, died Feb.
19 at St. Luke’s Regional
Medical Center
in Boise, Idaho.
A private ser-
vice will be held
at a later time.
Known as
Ken, he was
born July, 3,
1930, in Ora-
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to Chris and Emily (McMi-
chael) Frank. He resided
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sons and daughters-in-law,
Richard an Lynda Frank of
Union, Anthony Frank of
La Grande, Daniel Frank of
Spokane, Washington, Phil-
lip and Josephine Frank of
Cleveland, Oklahoma, and
Virgil and Stephanie Frank of
Washougal, Washington; 23
grandchildren and 13 great-
grandchildren; and numer-
ous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Chris and
Emily Frank; sister, Ardith
(Frank) Ross; brother, Dar-
rell Frank; and infant sister,
Darlene Frank.
Online condolences may be
made to the family at www.
lovelandfuneralchapel.com.
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Delores Jean Churchill-
Houston, formerly of La
Grande, died Feb. 28 in Mc-
Minnville.
Delores was
born in 1935 at
Hot Lake. One
of her favorite
scriptures was
“God has made
me to laugh so all who hear
will laugh with me” (Genesis
21:6). She will remain a be-
loved, special lady to all who
knew her.
Surviving relatives in-
clude her sister, Linda Rake;
daughters, Virginia Franklin
and Valerie Williams; son,
Rick Houston; and three
grandchildren and two
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and Cheyenne, Wyoming;
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rado Springs, Colorado;
and Union and Cove. Ken
served in the USMC and
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in the Korean War. He was
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fense Service Medal, Good
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Occupation Ribbon.
Ken worked for Union
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owner of Frank’s Auto Re-
pair Shop. He was a farmer,
rancher and heavy machin-
ery technician for Russell
Elmer and was an indus-
trial mechanic for Union
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Powder Wood Products and
Granger Wood Products in
Lewiston, Idaho.
Ken always had a posi-
tive attitude and a smile for
everyone. He was kind and
generous. Two of his favorite
charities were the American
Heart Association and the
Wounded Warriors Project.
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and boating, Ken enjoyed
gold mining, playing pool,
square dancing, target shoot-
ing and gemstone collecting.
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American Hunting Club,
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Club, Bass Angler’s Sports-
man Society and VFW.
Surviving relative include
his wife, Clarice (Lennard)
Frank; daughters and sons-
in-law, Susan and Theodore
Aleson of Spokane, Washing-
ton, Lorelei and Patrick Kelly
of Valley Center, California,
and Christine Frank of Union;
May 14
Bernice Page:
celebration of life and
lunch, 11 a.m., Union
County Senior Center.
May 15
Brandon Gorrell:
graveside service,
10 a.m., Island City
Cemetery.
May 18
Raymond Addleman:
graveside service,
2 p.m., Grandview
Cemetery Veterans
Circle; followed by 3
p.m. celebration of
life at Riverside Park
Pavilion.
Thelma Ansell:
memorial service, 2
p.m., Loveland Funeral
Chapel.
Blake Hines:
celebration of life,
2 p.m., La Grande
Church of Christ.
Russel Hunt:
celebration of life,
2 p.m., Baker City
Christian Church.
Donald “Biden” Tippett:
memorial service,
11 a.m., Enterprise
First Baptist Church,
followed by a dinner.
great-granddaughters.
She was preceded in
death by her parents,
Otho Churchill and Ha-
zel Churchill-McPherson;
husband, Duane Willard
Houston; and brother, Joe
Churchill.
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school in the one-room Jo-
seph Creek School House.
He boarded out while at-
tending high school, go-
ing home to work on the
ranch on the weekends, and
played football and par-
ticipated in track and cross-
country. In 1944, he gradu-
ated from Charles Francis
Adams High School.
Biden served in the U.S.
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Donald Garth “Biden”
Tippett, 93, of Joseph, died
April 11. A me-
morial service
and
dinner
will begin at 11
a.m. May 18 at
the Enterprise
First Baptist
Church.
Known as
Biden, he was
born March 20, 1926, in
Lewiston, Idaho, to James
Harrison “Jidge” and Jes-
sie L. (Wilson) Tippett. He
on the USS Gallatin in the
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and was raised on the fam-
ily ranch in the rugged can-
yons on Joseph Creek in
southwest Asotin County,
Washington.
Biden attended grade
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awarded many medals. Af-
ter the war, Biden returned
to work on the family ranch
on Joseph Creek.
On June 12, 1948, Biden
married Betty Heasty in
Enterprise. The newlyweds
moved to the Jim Creek
Ranch on the Snake River
in Hells Canyon. Biden and
Betty were married for 65
years. They had two chil-
dren: Donna Kay and Ste-
ven Tracy “Casey.”
The Jim Creek Ranch
was sold to the USFS in
1992. The family continued
ranching on deeded pasture
land in the Zumwalt coun-
try and on farm and pasture
land in the Wallowa Valley.
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➛➩➁ ❾❿❽ ❺❽❾❷➉❸➔❽❺ ❸❹ ⑨ ➌❽⑧⑧❽➉ ❿❻➀❽ ⑧❿❽ ❽➧❷❸⑧❽➀❽❹⑧ ➫
❷❽➌❽➔➉⑨⑧❸❻❹ ❻➇ ⑧❿❽ ❽❹❺ ❻➇ ⑧❿❽ ➓⑨➉➑ ➝❿❽ ❾⑨❸❺ ⑧❿❽ ❷❻❹➇❽⑧⑧❸
➓⑨❾ ⑨ ➇❻❻⑧ ❺❽❽➋ ❸❹ ⑧❿❽ ❾⑧➉❽❽⑧❾➑ ➭⑨⑧ ➀❽⑨❹⑧ ❿❽➉ ❾⑨❸➌❻➉
➓❻❶➌❺ ➔❽ ❷❻➀❸❹➂ ❿❻➀❽ ⑨❹❺ ❻❹ ➛❷⑧❻➔❽➉ ➍➎➁ ➐➃➙➄➁ ❾❿❽
➀⑨➉➉❸❽❺ ➨❸➌➌❸⑨➀ ➩➑ ❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧➑ ➤❹ ➐➃➙➯➁ ➲❸➌➌ ➔❽➂⑨❹
➇⑨➉➀❸❹➂➑ ➲❽❸❹➂ ⑨ ➇⑨➉➀ ➓❸➇❽ ➀❽⑨❹⑧ ➂❻❸❹➂ ⑧❻ ⑧❻➓❹ ➇❻➉
➋⑨➉⑧❾➁ ➦❽❽➋❸❹➂ ⑧❿❽ ➔❻❻➦❾➁ ❺➉❸→❸❹➂ ➓❿❽⑨⑧ ⑧➉❶❷➦ ⑨❹❺ ➓❿⑨⑧↔
❽→❽➉ ❽➌❾❽ ❹❽❽❺❽❺ ❺❻❸❹➂ ⑨➌❻❹➂ ➓❸⑧❿ ➦❽❽➋❸❹➂ ❶➋ ➓❸⑧❿ ⑧❿❽
⑧❿➉❽❽ ❷❿❸➌❺➉❽❹ ⑧❿❽↕ ❽→❽❹⑧❶⑨➌➌↕ ❿⑨❺➑ ➝❿❽ ➓⑨❾ ⑨ ➀❽➀➔❽➉
❻➇ ⑧❿❽ ➢❹❸⑧❽❺ ➟❽⑧❿❻❺❸❾⑧ ➠❿❶➉❷❿ ⑨❹❺ ➓⑨❾ ⑨❷⑧❸→❽ ❸❹ ⑧❿❽
➨❽❾➌❽↕⑨❹ ➠❸➉❷➌❽➁ ➟➉➑ ➫ ➟➉❾➑ ➠➌❶➔➁ ⑨❹❺ ⑧❿❽ ❷❿❶➉❷❿ ➔❻❻➦
➇⑨❸➉➑ ➣❻➉ ➀⑨❹↕ ↕❽⑨➉❾➁ ⑩❻❶ ❽❹➥❻↕❽❺ ➓❻➉➦❸❹➂ ❻❹ ⑧❿❽ ⑦➌❽❷↔
⑧❸❻❹ ➲❻⑨➉❺ ❷❻❶❹⑧❸❹➂ ➔⑨➌➌❻⑧❾➑ ➝❿❽➁ ⑨➌❾❻➁ ❽❹➥❻↕❽❺ ❾❽➓❸❹➂➁
➋⑨❸❹⑧❸❹➂➁ ➉❽⑨❺❸❹➂➁ ⑨❹⑧❸➒❶❸❹➂ ⑨❹❺ ⑨⑧⑧❽❹❺❸❹➂ ↕⑨➉❺ ❾⑨➌❽❾➁
➋➌⑨↕❸❹➂ ➋❸❹❻❷❿➌❽ ⑨❹❺ ⑧❽❹❺❸❹➂ ⑧❻ ❿❽➉ ↕⑨➉❺ ⑨❹❺ ➳❻➓❽➉❾➑
➝❿❽ ➓⑨❾ ➋➉❽❷❽❺❽❺ ❸❹ ❺❽⑨⑧❿ ➔↕ ❿❽➉ ❿❶❾➔⑨❹❺ ❻➇ ➵➏
↕❽⑨➉❾➁ ➲❸➌➌➁ ❸❹ ➛❷⑧❻➔❽➉ ➍➏➐➯➁ ➔➉❻⑧❿❽➉ ❼❻❹⑨➌❺ ➟❷ ➠⑨➔❽➁
➂➉⑨❹❺❺⑨❶➂❿⑧❽➉ ➊➀↕ ❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧➁ ⑨❹❺ ➋⑨➉❽❹⑧❾➁ ➛➌❸→❽➉
❼❻➉⑨ ➟❷ ➠⑨➔❽➑
➝❶➉→❸→❻➉❾ ❸❹❷➌❶❺❽ ❿❽➉ ❷❿❸➌❺➉❽❹➁ ➝❶❽ ➲❽⑧⑧❸❾ ❻➇ ⑩⑨
➈➉⑨❹❺❽➁ ➨❸➌➌❸⑨➀ ➊➌➌❽❹ ❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧ ➫ ➓❸➇❽ ➝❿⑨➉❻❹ ❻➇
⑩⑨ ➈➉⑨❹❺❽➁ ⑨❹❺ ❼➉➑ ➝⑧❽→❽❹ ➊➉❹❻➌❺ ❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧ ➫ ➓❸➇❽
➟⑨➉❸➌↕❹ ❻➇ ➲⑨➦❽➉ ➠❸⑧↕➸ ❾❸❾⑧❽➉ ⑦→⑨ ➣❽➉❹ ➲⑨↕ ❻➇ ➛➉❽➂❻❹
➠❸⑧↕➸ ➂➉⑨❹❺❷❿❸➌❺➉❽❹ ➟⑨➉❸⑨❹❹❽ ➝❸➋❽➁ ➟❽➌⑨❹❸❽ ➲❽⑧⑧❸❾ ➺⑨↔
❿❸➉➁ ➟❸❷❿⑨❽➌ ➲❽⑧⑧❸❾➁ ❼⑨➉❷❸❽ ❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧➁ ➻❽❾❾❸❷⑨
❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧➁ ⑨❹❺ ➠❿➉❸❾⑧⑨ ❼❽ ⑩⑨❾❿➀❶⑧⑧➸ ➂➉❽⑨⑧ ➂➉⑨❹❺↔
❷❿❸➌❺➉❽❹ ➻❶➌❸⑨ ⑨❹❺ ➡❻➌❺❽❹ ➝❸➋❽ ⑨❹❺ ➼⑨➉❸❾❾⑨ ➺⑨❿❸➉➑
➭❻❾❽ ➓❿❻ ➓❸❾❿ ➀⑨↕ ➀⑨➦❽ ❷❻❹⑧➉❸➔❶⑧❸❻❹❾ ❸❹ ❿❽➉
➀❽➀❻➉↕ ⑧❻ ⑧❿❽ ➈➉⑨❹❺❽ ➩❻❹❺❽ ➡❻❾➋❸⑧⑨➌ ➡❻➀❽ ➡❽⑨➌⑧❿ ➫
➡❻❾➋❸❷❽➁ ➼➛ ➲❻➧ ➽➍➃➏➁ ⑩⑨ ➈➉⑨❹❺❽➁ ➛➩ ➃➵➎➄➏➑
Biden retired in 2010 at the
age of 85. His son ran the
ranch until 2014 when the
Zumwalt land was sold.
Biden said many times
he was blessed to be able to
live out his life doing what
he loved. Ranching was his
passion, and he was a good
steward of his cattle and
land. Honest and reliable, he
came to be respected by his
peers in the cattle industry
and the local community.
Biden was a member of
the Wallowa County Stock
❖✔✎✩✒✔✖✏ P✢✗✖✏ ✑✎✔✪✰✩✒✖✪
Livestock Production Cred-
it Association Board and
Federal Land Bank Board.
He was named the 1958 La-
bor Days Feeder Chairman,
1962 Cattleman of the Year,
1973 Grassman of the Year,
and 2019 Grand Marshall
of Hells Canyon Mule Days.
Biden and Betty had pur-
chased a house on South
River Street in Enterprise,
where he lived until 2017
when he moved to Alpine
House Assisted Living in Jo-
seph. In 2018, Biden accept-
ed Jesus Christ as his Lord.
Surviving relatives in-
clude his children and their
spouses, Donna and Wayne
Bronson and Casey and
Kim Tippett; three grand-
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children and another on the
way; and numerous neph-
ews and nieces.
He was preceded in death
by his parents; wife, Betty;
brothers, Bob, Jack and Doug
Tippett; and sisters, Betty
Fouste and Barbara Fredrick.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Wal-
lowa Memorial Hospi-
tal Foundation or Alpine
House Assisted Living.
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❈ ✈
Paul C. Wauer, 77, of
Cove, died May 10 at
Grande Ronde Hospital.
An obituary is forthcoming.
Loveland Funeral Chapel &
Crematory will be handling
the arrangements.
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Thelma Ansell, 87, of La
Grande, died May 11 at her
residence. A memorial service
will be held at 2 p.m. May 18
at Loveland Funeral Chapel.
An obituary is forthcoming.
✍❡✎✎✏ ✑❡✒✓❡✔ ✕✖✗✘✙✚✛✙✜ ✢✣
❉✤✥✤✦✧✤★ ✩✪✫ ✩✬✭✮ ✯ ✰✲✳ ✩✫ ✴✵✩✬
✶✷✹✹✺ ✻✶✷✹✼ ✽✷✿❀✷❁ ❂❃❄❅❇❈❊❇❋
●❍❋ ❊■ ❏❑ ▲❁❑❇✹✷❋ ◆❑❈❈✷✹ ❑❛❑✺
❊❇ ❲✷✹❇✷❈✹❑✺❋ ❖❑✺ ❍❋ P◗❍❘ ❑❃
❤❅❈ ❁✷❈❅✹✷❇❙✷❯ ❂ ❙✷✿✷❳❁❑❃❅❊❇ ❊■
✿❅■✷ ❛❅✿✿ ❳✷ ❤✷✿✹ ✿❑❃✷❁ ❃❤❅❈ ❈❧❀❀✷❁
❛❤✷❁✷ ❤❅❈ ❑❈❤✷❈ ❛❅✿✿ ❳✷ ❈◆❁✷❑✹ ❑❃
❤❅❈ ■❑❩❊❁❅❃✷ ❃❅❀❳✷❁ ◆❁❊◆✷❁❃✺❯
✶✷✹ ❛❑❈ ❳❊❁❇ ❊❇ ✽✷❙✷❀❳✷❁
❍❬❋ ❍❘❭● ❅❇ ❪❑❄✷❁ ❫❅❃✺❋ ❴❁✷❣❊❇ ❃❊
❵❊❤❇ ❑❇✹ ❏❑❜✷✿✿✷ ❝▲❅❩✷❇❈❞ ❂❃❄❅❇❢
❈❊❇❯ s✷ ❁✷❈❅✹✷✹ ❅❇ s✷❁✷■❊❁✹❋ ❴✐❥
❦❊❈❈❅✿❋ ❴✐❥ ❪❑❄✷❁ ❫❅❃✺❋ ❴✐❥ ♠❁❅❇✷❩❅✿✿✷❋ ❴✐ ❑❇✹ ❏❑ ▲❁❑❇✹✷❋
❴✐❯ s✷ ❑❃❃✷❇✹✷✹ ❈❙❤❊❊✿ ❅❇ ❦❊❈❈❅✿ ❑❇✹ ❪❑❄✷❁ ❫❅❃✺ ❑❇✹ ❛❑❈ ❑
❀❧✿❃❅❢❈◆❊❁❃ ❑❃❤✿✷❃✷ ❅❇ ❤❅❣❤ ❈❙❤❊❊✿❯ s✷ ❑❃❃✷❇✹✷✹ ❃❤✷ ♥❇❅❩✷❁❈❅❃✺
❊■ ♦✹❑❤❊❋ ❛❤✷❁✷ ❤✷ ◆✿❑✺✷✹ ■❊❊❃❳❑✿✿ ❑❇✹ ♣❊❅❇✷✹ ✐❴✶❫❯ ♦❇ ❍❘❬●❋
❤✷ ❃❁❑❇❈■✷❁❁✷✹ ❃❊ q❑❈❃✷❁❇ ❴❁✷❣❊❇ ♥❇❅❩✷❁❈❅❃✺❋ ❛❤✷❁✷ ❤✷ ◆✿❑✺✷✹
■❊❊❃❳❑✿✿ ❑❇✹ ❙❊❀◆✿✷❃✷✹ ❤❅❈ ❖❑❈❃✷❁❈ ✽✷❣❁✷✷❋ ❅❇ ❍❘●◗❯ ♦❇ ❍❘❘❬❋
❤✷ ✷❑❁❇✷✹ ❤❅❈ ✽❊❙❃❊❁❑❃✷ ✽✷❣❁✷✷ ■❁❊❀ r❊❧❃❤❛✷❈❃✷❁❇ ♥❇❅❩✷❁❈❅❃✺❯
✶✷✹ ❛❊❁❄✷✹ ■❊❁ ❪❊❅❈✷ ❫❑❈❙❑✹✷❥ ♠❁❅❇✷❩❅✿✿✷ r❙❤❊❊✿ ✽❅❈❃❁❅❙❃
❑❇✹ q❑❈❃✷❁❇ ❴❁✷❣❊❇ ♥❇❅❩✷❁❈❅❃✺❯ ✶✷✹t❈ ✉❁❈❃ ◆❁❅❊❁❅❃✺ ❛❑❈ ❤❅❈
■❑❀❅✿✺❋ ❤✷ ❑❇✹ ♠❑❃❃✺ ❛✷❁✷ ❀❑❁❁❅✷✹ ■❊❁ ✈❍ ✺✷❑❁❈❯ s✷ ✷❇♣❊✺✷✹
❤❧❇❃❅❇❣❋ ✉❈❤❅❇❣❋ ❤❧❙❄✿✷❳✷❁❁✺ ◆❅❙❄❅❇❣❋ ❀❧❈❤❁❊❊❀❅❇❣❋ ❃❁❑❩✷✿❅❇❣❋
◆✿❑✺❅❇❣ ❣❊✿■❋ ❙❊❅❇ ❙❊✿✿✷❙❃❅❇❣❋ ❛❊❁❄❅❇❣ ❃❊ ❅❀◆❁❊❩✷ ❤❅❈ ❃❅❀❳✷❁
◆❁❊◆✷❁❃✺ ❑❇✹ ■❊✿✿❊❛❅❇❣ ❣❁❑❇✹❈❊❇ ❏❊❣❑❇t❈ ❳❑❈✷❳❑✿✿ ❣❑❀✷❈❯ s✷
◆✿❑✺✷✹ ❊❇ ❃❤✷ ❂✹❧✿❃ r❊■❃❳❑✿✿ ❏✷❑❣❧✷ ❑❇✹ ❛❅❃❤ ❃❤✷ ❫❅❃✺ ❏✷❑❣❧✷
❪❑❈❄✷❃❳❑✿✿❋ ❑❇✹ ❙❊❑❙❤✷✹ ❏❅❃❃✿✷ ❏✷❑❣❧✷ ❪❑❈✷❳❑✿✿❯ s❅❈ ❊❃❤✷❁
■❑❩❊❁❅❃✷ ❃❤❅❇❣❈ ❃❊ ✹❊ ❛✷❁✷ ❃❊ ❛❑❃❙❤ ❖❑❁❅❇✷❁❈ ❪❑❈✷❳❑✿✿❋ ♠❊❁❃❢
✿❑❇✹ ✶❁❑❅✿ ❪✿❑✇✷❁❈ ❑❇✹ ❃❤✷ r✷❑❃❃✿✷ r✷❑❤❑❛❄❈❯ s✷ ❛❑❈ ❑❛❑❁✹✷✹
❃❤✷ r❑❀ ❲❑✿❃❊❇ ❦✷✿✿❊❛ ❑❛❑❁✹ ■❊❁ ❤❅❈ ❅❇❩❊✿❩✷❀✷❇❃ ❅❇ r♦❦q
P◗◗◗❢P◗◗P❋ ❛❑❈ ❑ ♠❁❊■✷❈❈❊❁ q❀✷❁❅❃❧❈ ❝✶✷❇❧❁✷✹❞❋ ❑❇✹ ❁✷❙✷❅❩✷✹
❃❤✷ ①❑❃❅❊❇❑✿ ▲❧❑❁✹t❈ ✻❪✷❅❇❣ ❑ ♠❁❊✼ ❑❛❑❁✹ ❑❈ ❑ ❈❧◆✷❁❩❅❈❊❁ ❊■
▲❧❑❁✹❈❀❑❇ ✷❀◆✿❊✺✷✷❈❯ s✷ ❛❑❈ ❑ ❀✷❀❳✷❁ ❊■ ❃❤✷ ♠❁❅❇✷❩❅✿✿✷
q✿❄❈❋ ❏❑ ▲❁❑❇✹✷ ❴◆❃❅❀❅❈❃ ❫✿❧❳❋ ①❑❃❅❊❇❑✿ ❲❅✿✹✿❑❇✹ ❦❅❁✷✉❣❤❃✷❁❈
❂❈❈❊❙❅❑❃❅❊❇ ❑❇✹ ❛❑❈ ❑ ◆❁❊❧✹ ❀✷❀❳✷❁ ❊■ ❃❤✷ ①❊❁❃❤✷❁❇ ❫❤✷❁❊❢
❄✷✷ ①❑❃❅❊❇ ❑❇✹ ❑ ✹✷❈❙✷❇✹✷❇❃ ❊■ ❃❤✷ ❴❈❑❣✷ ①❑❃❅❊❇❯
✶✷✹ ❅❈ ❈❧❁❩❅❩✷✹ ❳✺ ❤❅❈ ❛❅■✷❋ ♠❑❃❃✺❥ ❈❊❇ ❏✷✷ ❂❃❄❅❇❈❊❇ ❊■ ❏❑
▲❁❑❇✹✷❥ ✹❑❧❣❤❃✷❁ ❏❅❈❑ ❂❃❄❅❇❈❊❇ ❝✐❊❳✷❁❃ ❂❣❧❅❁❁✷❞ ❊■ r✷❑❃❃✿✷❋
❲❂ ❑❇✹ s❑❛❑❅❅❥ ❳❁❊❃❤✷❁❋ ❏❑❅❇✷ ❝❜❅❙❄❅❞ ❂❃❄❅❇❈❊❇ ❊■ ❫❑✿✹❛✷✿✿❋
♦✽❥ ❈❅❈❃✷❁❋ ✐❤❊❇✹❑ ❝s✷❁❳❞ s❅❙❄❀❑❇ ❊■ ❪✷❇✹❋ ❴✐❥ P ❣❁❑❇✹❢
❙❤❅✿✹❁✷❇❋ ❏❊❣❑❇ ❂❃❄❅❇❈❊❇ ❑❇✹ ❪❁❅❃❃❑❇✺ r✷❑❩✷❁❃ ❊■ ❏❑ ▲❁❑❇✹✷❥
❈❅❈❃✷❁❢❅❇❢✿❑❛❋ ✶✷❁❁❅ s❊❙❄✷❁ ❝▲❑✺✿✷❞❋ ❳❁❊❃❤✷❁❢❅❇❢✿❑❛❋ ❫❤❑❁✿✷❈
❦❅❈❤✷❁ ❝❖❑❁✹✷✿✿❞ ❍P ❇❅✷❙✷❈ ❑❇✹ ❇✷◆❤✷❛❈❋ ❇❧❀✷❁❊❧❈ ❣❁✷❑❃
❇❅✷❙✷❈ ❑❇✹ ❇✷◆❤✷❛❈❋ ❑❇✹ ❤❅❈ ❑❧❇❃ q❩✷✿✺❇ ❑❇✹ ❧❇❙✿✷ ❪❊❳ ❲✷✿✿❈❯
s✷ ❛❑❈ ◆❁✷❙✷✹✷✹ ❅❇ ✹✷❑❃❤ ❳✺ ❤❅❈ ◆❑❁✷❇❃❈❋ ❵❊❤❇ ❑❇✹ ❏❑❜✷✿✿✷ ❑❇✹
❣❁❑❇✹◆❑❁✷❇❃❈❋ q✿❀✷❁ ❑❇✹ q❃❤✷✿ ▲❁❑❩✷❇❋ ❑❇✹ ❈❅❈❃✷❁❢❅❇❢✿❑❛❋ ❏❑❁❑✷
s❊❙❄✷❁ ❑❇✹ ❳❁❊❃❤✷❁❢❅❇❢✿❑❛❋ ❖❅❙❤❑✷✿ ❦❅❈❤✷❁❯
✶❤✷ ■❑❀❅✿✺ ❁✷②❧✷❈❃❈ ❃❤❑❃ ❀✷❀❊❁❅❑✿ ✹❊❇❑❃❅❊❇❈ ❳✷ ❀❑✹✷ ❃❊
❃❤✷ ❙❤❑❁❅❃✺ ❊■ ✺❊❧❁ ❙❤❊❅❙✷ ❊❁ ❃❊ ❃❤✷ q❑❈❃✷❁ ❴❁✷❣❊❇ ♥❇❅❩✷❁❈❅❃✺
❦❊❧❇✹❑❃❅❊❇❋ ❴❇✷ ♥❇❅❩✷❁❈❅❃✺ ❪✿❩✹❋ ❏❑ ▲❁❑❇✹✷❋ ❴✐ ❘●③✈◗❋ ❃❤✷
❂❏r ❂❈❈❊❙❅❑❃❅❊❇❋ ❴❁✷❣❊❇ ④ r❲ ❲❑❈❤❅❇❣❃❊❇ ❫❤❑◆❃✷❁❋ ⑤❍◗
r❲ ❦❊❧❁❃❤ ❂❩✷❇❧✷❋ r❧❅❃✷ ⑥ ❬⑤◗❋ ♠❊❁❃✿❑❇✹ ❴✐ ❘●P◗❭ ❊❁ ❃❊ ❃❤✷
❂✿✇❤✷❅❀✷❁t❈ ❦❊❧❇✹❑❃❅❊❇❋ ❴❁✷❣❊❇ ❫❤❑◆❃✷❁❋ ❍❬✈◗ ①❊❁❃❤❛✷❈❃
①❑❅❃❊ ♠❑❁❄❛❑✺❋ r❧❅❃✷ ❍❘◗❋ ♠❊❁❃✿❑❇✹ ❴✐ ❘●P◗❘❯
❴❇✿❅❇✷ ❙❊❇✹❊✿✷❇❙✷❈ ❀❑✺ ❳✷ ❀❑✹✷ ❃❊ ❃❤✷ ■❑❀❅✿✺ ❑❃ ❛❛❛❯
✿❊❩✷✿❑❇✹■❧❇✷❁❑✿❙❤❑◆✷✿❯❙❊❀❯