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    BUSINESS & AG LIFE
B2 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2021
DAMS
DOCTOR
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concerned about the will of
the people, it’s certainly the
will of the people to keep
the dams in place.”
Miller believes the
survey results show res-
idents understand the
energy challenges ahead,
citing 100% clean energy
objectives, initiatives for
electric cars and other
forms of transportation
and the loss of fossil-fuel
resources such as coal and
natural gas generation
plants.
“I think what people see
there is that resources that
are carbon-free and can
produce electricity 24-7 are
going to be really important
in the region’s future,” he
said. “I think people can do
the math.”
Eff orts to breach the
dams, especially Inslee’s
and Murray’s proposed ini-
tiative, represent a “sig-
“I kind of like the cats
that are hard to handle,”
she said. “I feel like I’m
good with those. Cats and
dogs are what I prefer to
work with, but I’ll do all of
them.”
Coming to a ranching
community like Wallowa
County, she knows she’ll
be called upon to help cows
give birth.
“I haven’t worked yet
during calving season,”
she said. “That’ll be in the
spring.”
But she has already
experienced middle-of-the-
night emergencies.
“The fi rst week I was
on call, I got called in the
middle of the night three
days in a row,” she said.
“That was unusual for me;
that never happened in
Baker.”
One of the cases was a
male cat having trouble uri-
nating. Another was a dog
CLASSES
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from 6-9 p.m. Jan. 19
through March 2.
Dawson said she will also
off er the Business Foun-
dations workshop series in
Baker City and Enterprise
if at least fi ve people sign
up. Those classes would be
either in-person or online,
depending on the preference
of those who sign up.
The Baker City classes
would be on Tuesday eve-
nings starting Jan. 25, and
the Enterprise classes on
Thursday evenings starting
Jan. 27.
To register for the La
Grande classes, or to
nifi cant clear and present
danger” to the future of the
dams, and eventually the
entire hydropower system,
Miller said.
“A lot of the arguments
that are made in favor of
breaching the lower Snake
River dams are often not
based on complete infor-
mation, or even (based on)
inaccurate information,” he
said. “Our concern is that
those same questionable
arguments will be applied
to other dams if these dams
go.”
Northwest RiverPart-
ners serves not-for-profi t,
community-owned electric
utilities in Oregon, Wash-
ington, Idaho, Montana,
Utah, Nevada and Wyo-
ming and represents part-
ners that support clean
energy, low-carbon trans-
portation and agricultural
jobs.
express interest in classes
in Baker City or Enterprise,
email Dawson at lisad-
awson@neoedd.org.
Dawson has taught Busi-
ness Foundations for more
than 10 years in Baker,
Union and Wallowa coun-
ties. The hands-on classes
cover the basics of running
a successful business: over-
head and inventory costs,
goal-setting and sales pro-
jections, marketing, taxes
and licensing, and other
considerations, and brings
it all together in a business
plan.
Topics include:
• Gaining perspective:
Consider your business
concept.
• Laying the foundation:
Defi ne line of business and
analyze fi nancial essen-
tials, from overhead costs to
break-even point.
• Getting into the fl ow:
Cover the fi nancial essen-
tials of cash fl ow, sales
forecasting, and fi nancial
documents.
• Mission and markets:
Mission, discuss market
research, identify competi-
tors, determine how to reach
target markets.
• Get the word out: Dis-
cuss creative marketing
strategies and give peer
feedback on marketing
materials.
• Goodbye and good
luck: Present your business
plan, share fi nal pitch, and
plan for next steps.
with a high fever that they
kept in the clinic overnight.
The third was fi ve dogs that
got quilled by porcupines.
Possibly the most dif-
fi cult case she’s dealt with
was a small one that had an
unfortunate ending.
“One of the hardest
“We love it here.
My husband’s a
big fl y-fi sherman
and I’m really
into hiking and
backpacking.”
— Chrissie Younggren
things I was kind of proud
of was we had a guinea pig
come in that wasn’t doing
very well and I had to put
a catheter in it, which was
tough because the veins are
really tiny,” she said. “That
was hard. We sent it home
and it didn’t survive the
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night. I think it had some
neurological issues.”
Home life
Younggren said she’s
content working at the
animal hospital and has no
plans to set up a practice of
her own.
“No, I might consider
buying into a practice, but
I don’t want to run one by
myself,” she said. “I don’t
want to be the boss of
everybody and I want to be
able to step away from work
and have a nice home life.”
She and Murray married
in October and he drives a
propane truck for Ed Staub
& Sons. She said they don’t
plan on having kids and
they’ll make Enterprise
their permanent home —
just with their animals.
“We love it here. My
husband’s a big fl y-fi sh-
erman and I’m really into
hiking and backpacking,”
she said. “We were up
here a lot anyway (before
moving). We both really
like it.”
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