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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 7 Local & Entertainment Bebe’s word search Christmas tree permits available It’s that time of year! Christmas tree permits for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forests are now available to purchase at your local Forest Service offi ce. Permits are valid on Na- tional Forest System lands only, and do not authorize tree cutting on private, state, or other federally managed lands. Permits cost $5.00 each and are limited to fi ve per household. Tree permits and forest maps are avail- able during regular offi ce hours, Monday through Friday at any Forest Ser- vice offi ce. Again this year, all fourth graders are eligible for a free tree permit through the national Every Kid in a Park initiative. In order for students to receive a free tree permit, they must present a valid paper voucher printed from the Every Kid in a Park website. Just visit www.everykidinapark.gov and follow instructions to obtain and print the paper voucher. Then, bring the paper voucher with you to your local Forest Service offi ce to claim the free permit. Students must be present to pick up the free permit. These free permits can only be issued through your Forest Service offi ce and will not be available through local vendors who sell permits. Wells Fargo branch to close CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 Quintela and the other Team Members have been involved in various com- munity activities over the years, including the Festival of Trees, Miner’s Jubilee, 4-H, and the Pow- der River Cleanup. “We’ve been happy to be a part of that. Our team has really liked serving the community, here in Baker County (there are custom- ers in the City, as well as throughout the County, including the outlying areas). It’s been fun for us to be able to help them, and be a part of the com- munity.” Fogerson said, “Cus- tomer accounts will not be impacted, and our goal to make banking as easy as possible. We would like to remind customers that Wells Fargo offers many convenient options...” For general banking ques- tions, Wells Fargo can be contacted at 1-800-869- 3557; for business custom- ers, 1-800-225-5935; for hearing-impaired custom- ers, TDD/TTY, 1-800-877- 4833; as well as online, at wellsfargo.com. The Littles’ crossword puzzle Samantha O’Conner / The Baker County Press Friday Academy Presenters with Angela Lattin. The students are 3rd Graders Teagan Ashton and Aly Everett with 5th Graders Joslyn Collins and Mackenzie Ledwith-Bassman. School Board CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 He said it took a lot of teamwork. The Candy Corn Challenge was where they used 100 toothpicks The and a cup of candy corn and they needed to build the tallest tower. Ashton explained that his favorite part of Friday Academy is STEM. 3rd Aly Everett was the fi nal presenter and she discussed the Pumpkin STEM Activities. There were three stages to the activity. The fi rst was guessing the width of the pumpkin, how many seeds were inside, and the weight. The second part was nail polish pumpkin art, using three different polish colors, poured the polish into a water bucket and dunked the pumpkins into the water. SEE SCHOOL BOARD PAGE 8 Baker County Press Subscribe Today! Name: Address: City, State, Zip: Email address: Phone: E-Only $29.95/yr. Print (Delivery) $39.95/yr. Inside Baker City City Limits Only Print (Mail) $49.95/yr. 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 Across 1- Brightly colored lizard; 6- Internet writing sys- tem that popularized “pwn3d” and “n00b”; 10- Plant part; 14- Navigation acronym; 15- Give it ___; 16- Part of a bird’s beak; 17- Like some change; 18- Golda of Israel; 19- Auto loan fi gs.; 20- Botanist Gray; 21- Rogue; 24- Apprehensive; 26- Sewing instrument; 27- Frozen Wasser; 28- Worked with wicker; 30- Tied; 33- “Caddyshack” direc- tor Harold; 34- Antiquity, old-style; 37- Geraldine Chaplin’s mother; 38- Singer Yma; 39- Pre-owned; 40- ___ Beta Kappa; 41- Suit material; 42- Take away by force; 43- Bit of wisdom; 44- Island of Denmark; 45- Like a Lebanese tree?; 48- “I’m ready for my ____, Mr. DeMille.”; 52- Uncontrolled; 55- Powerful D.C. lobby; 56- Boy with a bow; 57- ___ take arms against...; 58- Perfect; 60- Peace Nobelist Wiesel; 61- Revivalists; 62- Drat!; 63- Teachers’ favorites; 64- Mil. leaders; 65- Viscid; Down 1- Poe’s middle name; 2- Farm bird; 3- Noisy; 4- Bell and Barker; 5- Using no fl uid; 6- Lanterns; 7- Hot times abroad; 8- Rock star Clapton; 9- Despotic; 10- Climbed; 11- Lukewarm; 12- Swashbuckler Flynn; 13- Intervening, in law; 22- Hung. neighbor; 23- Bottom of the barrel; 25- ___ cava; 28- Humped ruminant; 29- Diary of ___ House- wife; 30- Hit on the head; 31- La-la lead-in; 32- Cycle starter; 33- Repentant one; 34- Legal conclusion?; 35- ___ Misérables; 36- Banned insecticide; 38- Farewell appear- ance; 39- Samovars; 41- Glossary entry; 42- State in the NW United States; 43- Hesitates; 44- Winter woe; 45- Chirp; 46- Steve of country music; 47- Legal right; 48- Crucifi x; 49- Diciembre follower; 50- Liquid waste com- ponent; 51- Like old friends; 53- Canadian tribe; 54- Scads; 59- ___ gratias;