FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2016
THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 9
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Weather spotter
training to be held in
Richland, Halfway
The community is
invited to attend a Severe
Weather Spotter Training
and Flood Fight Workshop
co-sponsored by Baker
County Emergency Man-
agement and the National
Weather Service (NWS).
The fi rst training session
is slated for Thursday, Feb-
ruary 11th at the Halfway
City Hall, 155 East Record
Street, Halfway Oregon in
Baker County. The session
will begin about an hour
after the council’s 5 p.m.
start and will last 1 to 1.5
hours.
The next training session
is slated for Friday, Febru-
ary 12th at the Richland
City Hall, 89 Main Street,
Richland Oregon in Baker
County. The session will
begin about an hour after
the council’s 10 a.m. start
and will last 1 to 1.5 hours.
Everyone is invited. If
you are a current weather
spotter, fi refi ghter, law
enforcement specialist,
land management em-
ployee, emergency services
technician, transportation
operator, outdoor recre-
ationalists, or just purely
a weather enthusiast, this
training workshop is for
you.
Spotter training will
include defi nitions and
climatology of severe
weather, training on cloud
and storm recognition,
storm hazards and safety
tips, and weather report-
ing procedures. The Flood
Fight workshop will cover
equipment, procedures,
and safety tips when deal-
ing with fl ood events.
Across Eastern Oregon,
over 100 volunteer weather
spotters and cooperative
observers provide valuable
weather information which
is fundamental in helping
the NWS protect lives and
property. Forecasts are
often based on observer
data, and even warnings
for severe weather have
been issued based on
information received from
trained volunteer spot-
ters, cooperative observers
and/or relayed by a HAM
operator.
For more information
about the NWS spotter
program, please see our
local offi ce Web page at
http://www.weather.gov/
boise/ or our national
severe weather awareness
Web page at http://www.
nws.noaa.gov/om/severe-
weather/index.shtml. For
additional information on
fl ooding basic safety tips,
defi nitions of a fl ood watch
or fl ood warning, and mak-
ing a fl ood plan visit http://
www.ready.gov/fl oods ,
http://www.redcross.org/
prepare/disaster/fl ood , and
or download the app at
http://www.redcross.org/
prepare/mobile-apps/fl ood.
Please bring a friend,
relative or other interested
weather enthusiasts. We
look forward to seeing you
at the training session. If
you have questions, please
call Tim Barker (NOAA/
NWS) (208) 334-9860 or
Jason Yencopal (Baker
County Offi ce of Emergen-
cy Management) at (541)
523-6415.
Bebe’s word search
This week’s crossword puzzle
Sheriff’s office to
work extended DUII
patrols in area
During the Holiday
Season, the Baker County
Sheriff's Offi ce wishes
to remind community
members to be responsible
when it comes to driving
while impaired.
Deputies of the Baker
County Sheriff's Offi ce
will be working extended
patrol shifts in an attempt
to prevent and apprehend
impaired drivers.
The extra hours that the
Patrol Deputies work are
funded by a grant through
Oregon Department of
Transportation (ODOT).
The Deputies primary
focus during the extended
hours are removing
impaired drivers from the
roadways and enforcing
unsafe driving practices.
Please don't drive while
impaired and have a safe
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1- Magic stick;
5- City on the Rhone;
10- Letter opener;
14- Burn soother;
15- Sift;
16- Inter ___;
17- Italian bread?;
18- Slowpoke;
19- Abominable snow-
man;
20- Summer hrs.;
21- Stingy;
23- Not us;
25- Inquires;
26- Intellectual;
29- Greek god of the
winds;
33- Bunk;
35- Helping theorem;
37- “Xanadu” band, for
short;
38- Toiletries case;
39- Commerce;
40- “_____ She Love-
ly?”;
41- Wood of the Rolling
Stones;
42- Sums owing;
43- Durango dwellings;
44- Marsh plants;
46- Opening word;
48- Choir member;
50- Like heaven’s gates;
53- Act of deifying;
58- Bleat of a sheep;
59- “Carmina Burana”
composer;
60- Leaning;
61- Clockmaker Thom-
as;
62- Ascended, fl ower;
63- Now you ___...;
64- Western pact;
65- Needy;
66- Composition;
67- Twistable cookie;
Down
1- Emerson’s middle
name;
2- Elite group;
3- Headed north;
4- Poor grade;
5- Birthplace of St.
Francis;
6- Circular band;
7- Jacob’s fi rst wife;
8- Madonna role;
9- Identical;
10- States as fact;
11- Belinda Carlisle’s
“Should ___ You In?”;
12- Religious practice;
13- Stated;
21- Cafeteria carrier;
22- Home furnishings
chain;
24- ...___ saw Elba;
27- Workers’ rights org.;
28- “The Wild Swans at
Coole” poet;
30- Ursa Minor;
31- Human bone, lo-
cated in the arm;
32- Drunkards;
33- “His and ___”;
34- Siouan tribe;
36- Gds.;
39- Precedent setter;
40- ___ Camera;
42- Sub station?;
43- Capital of Calvados,
in NW France;
45- Electrician on a
movie set;
47- Like bad cell cover-
age?;
49- Novelist Joyce Carol
___;
51- Starbucks order;
52- Lout;
53- A small town;
54- Switch ending;
55- Should that be the
case;
56- Draws;
57- Bones found in the
hip;
61- ___-Cat;