2 1 Record-Courier THURSDAY, JANUARY 1,2015 ' By Gina Perkins Eldon (Buck) Buckner made some Cub Scouts quite happy Sunday afternoon. Pack 422 hosted Buckner who shared slides from two separate African safaris he took, one in 1987. in Botswana and the other in 2002, in Tanza­ nia. The event, which was held at the Keating Fire hall, attracted a full house who came not only to enjoy the slide­ show, but to help raise funds so the Pack can attend Cub Scout Camp this coming June. By the end of the show, the ■- inn .... ■- ., w oil nf Buck’s stories,” said different animals and hearing ( Patti Pickard, Cubmiffiter. Den Leader for Pack 422, I Pickard and Cathy Cook D® were thrilled with the s o S believe the amount of money we raise f appreci- ate it.” said Pickard. M kids had raised $400. Besides amazing photos and stories of his adventures, Buckner shared with the Cub Scouts his commitment to conservation saying, “ Conservation means the ‘wise use’ of animal and natural resources. Conservation is much dif- I ferent from preservation. Preservation means ‘no use’ or to lock up, and that has devastating consequences, opposite of what one might think,” explained Buckner. “These are ranch kids who enjoy hunting and are interested in learning about guns, so the slide show was right up their alley. They really enjoyed seeing all of the M — — —. Anyone remotely familiar with local history involving skiing and the humble begin- * nings of Anthony Lakes has heard of j Champ and Lois Bond. Likewise, those .-xL who spent time watching the Olym­ pic skiing events may very well have heard of David Wise. A young skier from Reno who won the first-ever gold medal in half pipe skiing, Wise is a larger-than-life, yet very humble, 23 year old man. The un-dude'as The New York Times calls him, just happens to be the g^ndson jfthe late Champ and Cubmaster Patti Pickard helps Quinton Jo nson ■Ar tsd From the Fores^Fighting^rAccess By Gina Perkins boutique ON MAIN ►prosperous New pear. Tliaujkyou ■ >forp>aldrtg fashion >o fup. According to multiple web­ particular interest to the Ballards: lards consider the forests their many others, the reason they visit sites which provide the origins of the restriction of access to four home. They don’t just spend a The Ballards are not casua names, “De Forest” has the follow­ wheelers and other motorized ve­ casual weekend or two during the weekend adventurers. This isn’l hicles to roads which they’ve uti­ ing meaning: of, from, or living summer camping. “I am 65+ years a hobby or something they dream near the forest. Similar resources lized for over half a century. old and I have spent my entire life of doing “someday.” They don’t Words like compromise and with complete access to open for­ spend their weekends strolling state the meaning of the surname BaUard as being “an ancient An­ collaboration have been tossed ests,” said Tork Ballard. the aisles of places like REI or glo-Saxon name given to a person around. Adjectives such as ex­ Four generations of the Bal­ Cabelas or thumbing through the known for their lack of hair.” As treme, unreasonable, and over- lards—and many, many families mail order catalogs, planning for a the-top have been used to label living in Eastern Oregon just like i point of interest, houseofiiames once-a-year outing. They live it. those not wanting to lose access to them—camp, fish, pick huckleber­ com goes one step further saying Wood has always been the a single road. Dozens and dozens ries, gather wood, hunt, explore, it s denved from the Old English only source of heat for the Ballard of letters to the editor and public word ball-ard, which means a bald site see, nature watch, pick mush­ home. Fish, game and huckleber­ officials; heated public meetings headed man.” rooms, and photograph wildlife ries make up much of what is in in which hundreds of people who and beautiful scenery. For many, their freezer. Christmas lists and do not consider themselves .public it ; s the reason why they choose m no* going there speakers have shown up, to live in Eastern Oregon and for Continued on page 10 Tork and Wanda Ballard. A but have picket^! microphone “selfie" taken by Tork Ballard. and testified; thot s of signa- :s gathered “o™ Heljoive the Ç» °^“"s Area Water and Healthy Smfles By Gina Perkins The Record-Courier Bi ■ [KB MMK system at an orphanage. ■ Lindsey Loennig, a senior at North. Powder Chart school and and her older brother. Eastern! — School ner Older oruuici, Log», i-v»s, « a kenro^at ------ Oregon. University, Äf^art any Wness thoughts and prayers are with Li"rather quickly. Our and we wish her.a very.speedy^ Shl" January 2- *UNBROKEN dreamed we would collect so many,” she added. The class which collected the most pop can tabs had the privilege of seeing their teacher kiss Sparkle, a faint­ ing goat owned by Mrs. Marlia’s daughter, Paige. Chris Aldrich’s second graders brought in the most tabs making her the lucky smoocher of the goat. Sparkle was all decked out for the event wearing a wig (or two!) and a pink feather mg little girl with a very speciala"ej- pg -13 Zwe class which collected the most ppp can tabs had the privilege of seeing their teacher kiss Sparkle, a fainting goat owned by Mrs. Marlia’s daughter, Paige. Lastyear, Lindsey Bingham, now a4thor,n „ der Valley Charter School; was at r no t ? at Pow‘ dren’s Hospital in California on a mechanic CWI’ (3:50) FRI & SAT (3:50) SUNDAY MON-THURS NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB In conjunction with this event was the grand opening of ‘Riki’s Room.” This was a labor of love started by the late Riki Anderson. She saw students without coats and ad­ equate clothing so she started a small closet which housed the things kids were needing—everything from pants to shoes to coats. In honor o emory, a special room has been designated and is fii e bnm with all types and sizes of clothing—all free i needing of her hair to Locks of Love on Th °Da,ed sev‘ PG-13 RI & SAT (4:00) SUNDAY MON -THURS (4:00) 7:00 9:45 7:00 I ““ FromHollywoo 7:00 THE HUBBIT: BATTLE ÜF THE 5 ARMIES PG-13 (3:40) &SAT (3:40) SUNDAY ON - THURS - No Tightwad Tuesday ( ) = Bargain Matinee i Record-Courier (USPS 457-720) COMBINED WITH NORTH POWDER NEWS HAINES, OREGON 97833 BAKER COUNTY NEWSPAPER Gina Perkins, Editor- Publisher news@therconline.com Hayden Perkins, ReporterTWeb Designer hayden@therconline.com Heather Honeywell, Double H Productions Graphic Design/Production heather@therconline.com Gary Cullen, Advertising Sales earv@therconline.com I Published every Thursday at Haines, Ore. Office located at 914 Front Street. Telephone (541) 855-3615. Periodicals “Postage Paid at Baker City, OR 97814.” Subscriptions and Postmaster: Send ■Address Changes to P.O. Box 70, Baker City, Oregon 97814-0070. 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Osprey ^ospreywbicbbave^— | Avian Manager, Jeff Casey Mitchell, installed a winder on the nesting platform Fn day morning. nest on the power line which “The osprey originally tn derson. “We contacted the was not a good tiling, sal -which is taller and land owner and installed _PAcommumty member made a suitable nesting plattonm M(wing then noticed the osprey Me adding die off in the wind, so we cam windbreak,” he added. pro-active with Anderson saidfeat OTEC is very p i^nnrtant and so is their Avian Progr Evie? a Girl’s BesfFriend By Gina Perkins diagnosed with autism. As a pan of ttat dwwosis 011er suffers from Sety has table sleeping, and experiences difficulty in social situations F5”nE±^“smi8h,re”«"l»rthe nV?5' “ titled b W’ZKXZÎS“ which ™ °eSi ™id"”’ Sh'“a Holn,m- “"ta an advanced training Prapam to become an assistant do7f°r! dtaled person. Evie gmduated from ^ program with flyin c„Io„ d ™ ■thOllerth mmer. expertshave Thursday, January 1,2015 nicate her wants and heeds. After starring school at the Morgan Autism Center in California in 2011, she began using a more sophisticated speech generating device. While this has allowed the child to signifi. cantly increase her ability to communicate, Maria's mother really felt her daughter would benefit from having a companion dog. Theresia Oller said, "I applied to Canine Companions for Independence in 2012 and was placed on the waiting list. Fast forward [wo years. It's our first week in team train­ ing with canine companions. Maria was pre-matched with Evie and it was love at first sight. Our first night with Evie was the first night our family got the «am» nine and has area pride. Evie and Maria ceptionally well to­ gether. Our family couldn't be happier," said Maria's mother. "Thanks to wonder­ ful people like Sheila [Holman] who take the ti traordi Submitted photo Evie and Marla