FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2016
THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 9
Local & Entertainment
Bebe’s word search
— Obituaries —
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Patricia Anne Fessel
Haines, 1929-2016
She enjoyed garden-
ing, arts and crafts, and
camping.
Pat is survived by her
husband, Bill Fessel of
Rock Creek, Baker County,
Oregon, cousins in Wyo-
ming, Colorado, Maryland,
and Pennsylvania. She is
also survived by her be-
loved foster daughter, Julia
Reed-Vodal of Federal
Way, Washington.
She was preceded in
death by her parents.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the First
Presbyterian Church of
Baker City or to Cottey
College through Gray’s
West & Co. 1500 Dewey
Ave., Baker City, Oregon
97814.
To light a candle or
leave a condolence for Pa-
tricia, please visit: www.
grayswestco.com.
Exchange students
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“Boise would be Bei Jing
and Baker would be their
home town,” explained
James Doucette.
Pastor James Doucette
and his wife Krystal are
a new host family for Li
Yani and Zhang Jing, who
are in tenth grade.
It is the Doucettes’ first
year as a host family and
this is the first time Li Yani
and Zhang Jing have trav-
eled to America. They like
America and would like to
return in the future.
The 5J District sent an
email out to parents within
the school district looking
for host families.
The Doucettes, who
have children at Brooklyn
Elementary, received an
email about the exchange
student program and decid-
ed it would be fun. They
plan to keep doing this.
“We’re hoping to get
students for the whole
year,” said James. “We get
to learn a lot about their
culture. The first night we
sat up and we exchanged
music videos on YouTube.
So that was really excit-
ing.”
The students are
also able to learn about
American culture. Some
differences the Doucettes
have learned between our
cultures are they don’t eat
with their hands and they
don’t eat a lot of breakfast.
Li Yani and Zhang Jing
have learned they like
pancakes and s’mores. The
girls also made breakfast
for the Doucettes.
“They like amazingly
spicy food,” said James.
“They like spicy foods,
they’re loving the pop-
sicles and the little Haagen
Dazs.”
While here, the students
went on a jet boat ride
through Hells Canyon,
hiked Pilcher Reservoir,
visited Eastern Oregon
University, fished, and
traveling to Boise. They
have a busy schedule and
will have more adventures
here in America until they
leave the 27.
“The Powder River
Dance Club, a couple of
their members, taught them
some line dances at the
street dance during Minors
Jubilee,” said Krystal.
Li Yani and Zhang Jing
had never seen deer before
coming to Baker.
“I think it’s very com-
fortable,” said Li Yani
about Baker. “There are
many animals every-
where.”
“Mark, the guy who’s
doing this, we’re trying to
kick it off to get the Baker
High School District inter-
ested in having foreign ex-
change students come over
for a whole school year
and then he wants to send
some American Students
to China,” explained James
Doucette.
The Littles’ crossword puzzle
County Commissioners
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The aforementioned
deeds were released, with
associated restrictions,
and funding would not be
available at the present
or promised in the future
from the County, with a
motion from Bennett, and
a second from Harvey.
Baker County Planning
Director Holly Kerns had
been scheduled to provide
a Planning Department
update, but the update was
canceled, due to illness.
A second, and final
public hearing was held
in the matter of Order
No. 2016-134, Naming A
Private Road Wildhorse
Loop, Located Along The
Western Boundary Of Tax
Lot 200 & 300, In Town-
ship 8 South, Range 48
East, W.M., Baker County,
OR. Harris provided
details in the matter, and
she said that the Planning
Department had received
no further input, other than
from the applicant, Idaho
Power. No comments
were provided during the
session, and the Order was
adopted, with a motion
from Bennett, and a second
from Harvey.
Order No. 2016-139,
Authorizing The Sale Of
County Land By Private
Sale, was approved, with
a motion from Bennett,
and a second from Har-
vey. According to the
document, two parcels of
County-owned land, Map
No. 10S41, Tax Lot 1600,
1.41 acres, assessed at $0,
with a real market value of
$280; and Map No. 10S41,
Tax Lot 1700, .44 acres,
assessed at $0, with a real
market value of $90, are
landlocked by a single, pri-
vate landowner, Hat Brand
Land & Livestock, LLC,
are inaccessible, and are
unsuited for construction
or placement of a dwelling.
Private sale was authorized
(Harvey said the adjacent
landowner, Hat Brand
Land & Livestock, LLC,
would be purchasing the
property) , at a cost for
no less than the County
recording fees.
Order No. 2016-140,
Authorizing The Sale Of
County Land By Private
Sale, was approved, with
a motion from Bennett,
and a second from Har-
vey. According to the
document, one parcel of
County-owned land, Map
No. 11S42, Tax Lot 110,
.23 acres, assessed at $0,
with a real market value
of $50, is landlocked by a
single, private landowner,
Leland R. & Roberta L.
McCall, TTEEs, is inacces-
sible, and is unsuited for
construction or placement
of a dwelling. Private sale
was authorized (it was
expected that, once again,
the adjacent landowner,
Leland R. & Roberta L.
McCall, would be purchas-
ing the property), at a cost
for no less than the County
recording fees.
Order No. 2016-141,
Designating A Paper Of
Record, was approved,
with a motion from Ben-
nett, and a second from
Harvey. The Baker City
Herald was designated
Paper of Record, for the
2016-2017 fiscal year.
Harvey said that no other
applications had been re-
ceived from area newspa-
pers.
Order No. 2016-142,
Designating A Newspaper
For Publication Of The
Annual Foreclosure Of The
Tax Liens As Shown By
The Baker County Fore-
closure List, was approved,
with a motion from Ben-
nett, and a second from
Harvey. The Baker City
Herald was designated,
for publication of notice
of tax liens, as shown by
the Baker County 2016
Foreclosure List.
Order No. 2016-143,
Appointing A Member To
The Baker County Mu-
seum Commission, was
approved, with a motion
from Bennett, and a second
from Harvey. Rebecca
Kolbet was appointed, her
term set to expire on Janu-
ary 1, 2019.
WWNF to treat invasive plants
The Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest has begun
an integrated approach of
herbicide and non-herbi-
cide treatments to reduce
the risk of invasive species
expanding on the forest.
This work is being
implemented under the
2010 and 2016 Record of
Decisions for the Invasive
Species Treatment Project.
Invasive plants tar-
geted for treatment on the
Wallowa-Whitman include
leafy spurge, meadow
hawkweed, orange hawk-
weed, sulfur cinquefoil,
whitetop, knapweeds,
rush skeleton weed,
Scotch thistle, Canada
thistle, whitetop, yellow
toadflax, Japanese knot-
weed, puncturevine, rose
campion, hound’s tongue
and bugloss. Treatment
sites are located across
the Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest and signs
will be posted at the time
of treatment.
For more specific infor-
mation contact La Grande
and Whitman Ranger
Districts, Scott Schae-
fer - (541) 962-8550 or
Hells Canyon NRA, Eagle
Cap and Wallowa Valley
Ranger Districts, Beckjo
Wall - (541) 426-5535.
Across
1- Destroy hearing;
7- Wedding words;
10- Let’s just leave ___
that;
14- Nissan model;
15- It’s cold!;
16- String tie;
17- Tap dancer;
18- Writer Fleming;
19- “Return of the Jedi”
critter;
20- Transform;
23- Medium of ex-
change;
26- Verily;
27- As before;
28- Zip-___-Doo-Dah;
29- Windy City trains;
30- Lamb’s lament;
31- Violent whirlwind;
33- Capitol Hill abbr.;
34- Engine part;
37- B’way hit sign;
38- 1980’s movie star-
ring Bo Derek and
Dudley Moore;
39- Classic two-seaters;
40- Charlemagne’s
realm: Abbr.;
41- Battleship letters;
42- Switch positions;
43- Seaport on San
Francisco Bay;
45- Ques. response;
46- Part of the Holy
Trinity;
47- Home furnishings
chain;
48- Digging tool;
51- Director’s cry;
52- Hoops;
53- Pool where animals
drink;
56- Son of Zeus in
Greek mythology;
57- Get thee ___ nun-
nery;
58- Muslim veil;
62- Three-player card
game;
63- Geom. point;
64- Writing’s original
form;
65- Tortoise’s rival;
66- Yo!;
67- Fashions;
Down
1- Morse symbol;
2- “Evil Woman” band;
3- From ___ Z;
4- Ten plus five;
5- Abrasive mineral;
6- Japan’s first capital;
7- Nile waders;
8- Pulitzer category;
9- Yes ___?;
10- Spain and Portugal;
11- Namely;
12- Up in the air;
13- Capital of Japan;
21- Hose;
22- Polish seaport;
23- Taiwan Strait island;
24- Smells;
25- Peter and Franco;
29- Perfect places;
30- Started;
32- Yom Kippur ob-
server;
33- Not rough;
34- Singer Khan;
35- Synthetic fiber;
36- Purple Heart, e.g.;
44- Freedom;
45- ___ Fideles;
46- Sweet;
48- Swagger;
49- Anorak;
50- Shed ___;
51- Benjamin;
52- Utter impulsively;
54- Need a scratch;
55- Numbered work;
59- “Runaway” singer
Shannon;
60- Chopping tool;
61- Elevs.;