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Serving Baker County since 1870 • bakercityherald.com
January 12, 2015
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A special good day to Herald subscriber Mary Carnahan of Baker City.
Local, 3A No animals came to life Friday night at the Baker Heritage Museum, but Wally Byam couldbe spotted, as well as Diamond Lil, a CivilWar soldier and others from Baker County's past. The museum opened its doors Friday evening for local artists to view the exhibits and find inspiration to create work for April's show "Night at the Baker Heritage Museum" at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center.
• 80 people attend two open houses on Idaho Power Co.'s proposal
Fiqgstaff Hill Altemative • City Council, with 4 new members, will elect a mayor when it meets Tuesday night By Joshua Dillen ]dlllen©bakercltyherald.com
Swearing will take place Tuesday night at City Hall Swearing in, that is. No profanity allowed. Ben Merrill, Mack Augenfeld, James Thomas and Rosemary Abell will take their oaths of office and become Baker City's newest city councilors. That quartet, along with returning councilors Richard Langrell, Mike Downing and Kim Mosier, will choose from among themselves a new mayor and acting mayor. Tuesday's meeting starts at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St. The newly constituted City Council will take up an agenda that includes deciding whether or not to award a contract to the engineeringfi rm ofM urray Smith and Associates to update the city'sW aterFacilities Master Plan. An update to the plan is required by Oregon regulations. The update to the plan will include the development of a hydraulic model for the city, a comprehensive review and evaluation of the water system and consideration of needed capital improvements for the transmission, treatment and distribution systems. Ifapproved,the totalbudgetfortheproject
BRIEFING
Community Orchestra starts rehearsals soon The Baker Community Orchestra will begin weekly rehearsals this Thursday, Jan. 15 in the band room at Baker High School, 2500 E St. Music handout will begin at 6:15 p.m. and rehearsal will begin at 7 p.m. Rehearsals will continue eachThursday evening in the band room through the spring. All interested musicians are welcome. There is no charge to participate, though free will donations to help pay for music are welcome. No auditions are required. We welcome all orchestra or band instruments, including guitar and bass guitar. The Orchestra always has a need for strings, particularly cello, viola and bass. The orchestra is also in need of trumpets and percussion. The Orchestra welcomes "drop in" musicians to come in and see what we are doing and participate for the fun of it at any of our rehearsals. The purpose of the Orchestra is to provide the opportunity for community members to participate in making music, in particular, adult "comeback" players. Many of our members enjoyed playing in high school or college, then quit playing for some time, often due to no opportunity to play. Others members have recently learned to play an instrument to join in. If you are interested and would like more information or to chat about joining, please call Brian Watt at 541523-4662.
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A display at the Oregon Trail lnterpretive Center includes depictions of what the Boardman to Hemingway power line would look like from the Center depending on the line's route.
Kourtney Duncan couldn't understand why her fiance, Devin Jean, insisted that she rush home fiom her job at McDonald's in Baker City. Then she saw the lottery ticket. And she saw the figure:
$75,000. through Northeastern Oregon and Southern Idaho because its current transmission system is at capacity. BLM is the lead federal agency and will play a major role in deciding the line's route, which will cross both public and private land. Offtcials from BLM, Idaho
By Joshua Dillen ]dlllen©bakercltyherald.com
About 80 people turned out fora pairofopen houses that the BLM hosted last week in Baker County concerning the proposed Boardman to Hemingway power line iB2Hl. Idaho Power Company wants to build the 500-kv line
Power, U.S. Forest Service and the Oregon Department of Energy iODOEl were on hand Thursday in Baker City and Friday in Durkee to answer questions about the project, which has been in the works since 2007.
"I didn't know what to say," Duncan said. A scream of joy certainly would have been appropriate. The unexpected jackpot fiom a $5 scratch-off ticket that Jean bought on Nov. 6 at the Gas 'N Snack on 10th Street has had a profound effect on Duncan and Jean, who have been a couple for about five years and have a two-year-old son, Kolby Jean.
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Eeerts yredict moderatewinter By Pat Caldwell For the Baker City Herald
Winter is less than a month old, but weather experts expect conditions across the region to be slightly warmer and drier than normal even as other portions of the U.S. wrestle with extreme cold. Closer to home, though,
the winter will most likely reveallesssnowfalland more m oderate temperatures, said Jay Breidenbach, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Boise. "If you are betting, you would definitely bet warmer and drier," Breidenbach said. Kathy Orr / Baker City Herald
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Before a light snowfall Sunday night, Baker Valley was a mixture of brown and white.
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