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FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2017 THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 11 Local & Entertainment OTEC sends students to Washington D.C. Bebe’s word search Submitted Photo L-R: Mason Tomac (Baker City), Annie Wall (Canyon City), Anna Gambill (La Grande), and Bonny Daggett (Imbler) were all smiles and had their bags expertly packed. All four OTEC delegates set off for the 2017 Washington D.C. Electric Cooperative Youth Tour on Friday, June 9. Bonny Daggett (Im- bler), Anna Gambill (La Grande), Mason Tomac (Baker City), and Annie Wall (Canyon City) packed their bags, loaded up into the Subaru Tribeca and set off for the 2017 Washing- ton D.C. Electric Coopera- tive Youth Tour on Friday, June 9. Each student was com- petitively selected and will represent Oregon and the Northwest as they join 1,500 of their colleagues from across the United States for a one-week trip to our nation’s capital. Over the course of the week, OTEC’s student delegates will visit famous historical sites, engage in leadership training, meet with their elected congres- sional representatives on Capitol Hill, and bond with students from co-op communities all across the country. They will also learn about electric coopera- tives and current issues in energy and climate change legislation that face our communities and our na- tion. “This tour was initiated after Senator Lyndon B. Johnson suggested that cooperatives send young, promising student lead- ers to the nation’s capital where they could have the opportunity to see, fi rst- hand, what the American The fl ag stands for and repre- sents,” said OTEC Manag- er of Communications and Governments Affairs Lara Petitclerc-Stokes. “Our student delegates will have a week packed full visiting historical war memori- als, national archives, the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian to name a few.” “It is part of our Seven Cooperative Principles to dedicate education and training to the advance- ment of youth within the communities we serve,” said Petitclerc-Stokes. “This is an invaluable op- portunity for these young leaders to travel and expe- rience our nation’s capital. It is, for many, a once-in-a- life-time event.” OTEC’s 2016 Youth Tour delegate Heather Keniry agreed, “During our trip last year, I was exposed to the ideals of a coopera- tive and how they work to promote community as well as innovation. Grow- ing up in the small town of La Grande instilled in me an appreciation of com- munity and all it can do for the people who are able to be a part of it. I feel OTEC embodies the defi nition of community and its sup- port inspires me to make a difference in the world. Through my Youth Tour experience I received the direction I needed to begin my college career. I will always have the lasting impact that this trip made on me to help move me forward with my education and learn more.” Previous Youth Tour participants have become university presidents, CEOs of Fortune 500 com- panies, and members of Congress. In 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook credited the Youth Tour with his fi rst trip to Washington in his commencement speech to graduates of George Washington University. Over the past 52 years, nearly 52,000 students have visited Washington through the Youth Tour. If you are a high school sophomore heading into your junior year and would like more details on the Washington D.C. Electric Cooperative Youth Tour, please visit: www.youth- tour.coop. Applications for the 2018 tour will be avail- able beginning November 2017. OTEC is a non-profi t electric cooperative serv- ing 23,000 members in Baker, Grant, Harney and Union counties. Youth Tour funds come from unclaimed capital credits and their earnings. OTEC is also a member of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). Baker County Press Subscribe Today! Name: Address: City, State, Zip: Email address: Phone: E-Only $29.95/yr. Print (Delivery) $39.95/yr. Print (Mail) $49.95/yr. Inside Baker City City Limits Only Outside Baker City City Limits Only 1. Make check payable to: Black Lyon Publishing, LLC 2. Mail the check with this completed form to: PO Box 567, Baker City, Ore. 97814 To pay by credit card, please visit www.Th eBakerCountyPress.com The Littles’ crossword puzzle Across 1- Homeric epic; 6- Explorer Tasman; 10- Former nuclear agcy.; 13- Water wheel; 14- Amusement; 15- Defendant’s an- swer; 16- Give guns again; 17- Like Death Valley; 18- Ferengi feature; 19- O.T. book; 20- Book of hymns; 22- Perceived to be; 24- Infl ammation of the ear; 28- Hawk homes; 31- Hard outgrowths; 32- Red Bordeaux; 34- Mule’s sire; 36- Foolish; 37- Evergreen tree; 38- Not aligned; 41- ___ Moines, Iowa; 42- Mil. school; 44- On the ___ (fl ee- ing); 45- More pleasant; 47- Mudville slugger; 49- In a weird way; 51- Essay; 53- Abnormal; 56- Disorder; 59- Hwys.; 61- Passed with fl ying colors; 64- Laugh loudly; 65- City in Tuscany; 66- French cheese; 67- Utah ski resort; 68- Ankle bones; 69- Writer Rand; 70- 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; 71- First name in pho- tography; Down 1- Memo starter; 2- Silt deposit; 3- Steaming; 4- Dolt; 5- Grand Coulee, for one; 6- Two-time U.S. Open champ; 7- Silents star Theda; 8- Pianist Gilels; 9- Brought on; 10- Pie-mode link; 11- Always, poetically; 12- ___ in Charlie; 15- Portion of time; 20- Package; 21- Ordinal suffi x; 23- Dodge model; 25- Give and take?; 26- Deduce; 27- Concordes, e.g.; 29- Words on a Won- derland cake; 30- Abbr. on old maps; 32- Book after Jonah; 33- Rub out; 35- Soundness of judg- ment; 37- Truth; 39- Persian Gulf fed.; 40- Bell-shaped fl ower; 43- Marquis ___; 46- Cypriot; 48- Feminine side; 50- Enthusiastic; 52- Mother of Isaac; 54- Anatomical pas- sages; 55- Perfume; 57- Stage part; 58- Suffragist Carrie; 60- Clipper feature; 61- Legal org.; 62- Have a bawl; 63- German “a”; 65- RR stop;
