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March 6, 2015
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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME BEGINS THIS WEEKEND Remember to set your clocks ahead by one hour when you go to bed Saturday night. Officially, Daylight Saving Time starts at 2 a.m. on Sunday.
By Joshua Dillen ldillen©bakercityherald.com
Baker County Commissioners will appoint a new sherifFat the March 18 commission meeting after a special session next week that will allow the public to question the candidates. The special session will take place March 11
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A special good day to Herald subscriber Tom Shira of Baker City.
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Baker girls hoops team en route to Sutherlin for Saturday game II
Bakerlefttoday to travel to Sutherlin for a Class 4A state girls basketball game Saturday. The Bulldogs (11-14) will play top-ranked Sutherlin (24-0) at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on KCMB 104.7-FM. Spectator admission at Sutherlin will be $6 adults and $4 students.
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Hells Canyon Dam road onelane only The road over Hells Canyon Dam will be restricted to one lane beginning Monday, March 9, while Idaho Power crews perform maintenance on the dam. Flaggers at either end of the dam will control traffic between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. MDT each day, Monday through Thursday. Although flaggers will not be present at night or on Fridays, the road may be restricted to one lane by equipment on the dam; motorists are urged to use extra caution when crossing. Additionally, a reader board will be in place at Oxbow to warn drivers of the road restriction.
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On WednesThe p u blic is invited day after submit questions voting to accept duri n g a special Sheriff Mitch meet i n g of the Baker Southwick's County Board of resignation, Commissioners commissionWednesday, March ers discussed 11 a t9:30 a.m. at the the process of Cour t house, 1995 appointing an Thir d St. interim sherifF to serve the remainder of Southwick's four-year term, which continues through the end of 2016. Commissioner Mark Bennett began the discussion with his thoughts. "Ikind ofpivoted offoftheprocessthe commissioners used to appoint me after iCarll Stilf's vacancy," he said. iBennett was appointed commissioner in May 2013 after Stiff resigned as commissioner because ofhealth issues in April of that year.) Bennett said that process included questions from the commissioners and the public, and a two- or three-minute presentation by himself. SeeSherifflPage 8A
STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN ROADS S. John Collins/ Baker City Herald
Checking their fairy garden creations on display at the Baker County Library are Henry Kamerdula, 5, and his sister, Ayla, 3. Children participating in the class made more than a hundred container gardens. By Lisa Britton For the Baker City Herald
The Baker County library is amagical place these days, withelaboratefairy gardens greeting visitors right inside the door. More that 100 youth have created one of these gardens in a program than started in January and continues until March 13, said Melissa Shafer, children's librarian at the
library,2400 Resort St. "They worked so hard on these," she said. "The kids learned about planting, imagination and crafts." During her Friday storytimes at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., children built their fairy gardens using rocks, soil, moss, bark and sticks. Some are embellished with paper lanterns and those tiny paper umbrellasmade todecorate a
fancy drink. The finishing touch was to sprinkle seeds — flower, grass and radish — over the moist soil. The program concludes next Friday, March 13, when the children will make a fairy to residein their garden. After that, the kids can take their creations home. See FairiesI Page 2A
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should pay proper tax By Pat Caldwell For the Baker City Herald
An obvious mechanism to secure stable funding for maintaining roads is to boost fees, but Baker County Commission Chairman Bill Harvey doesn't believe that's the best option. Instead, Harvey suggests the federal government pay property taxes on land it manages within the confines of the county.
'The feds should pay property tax like tenants have to," Harv e y Harvey said Monday. This is no minor matter in Baker County. Two federal agencies — the Forest Service and the BLM — manage about 1 million acres in the county, almost exactly half the county's land area. The federal government does pay the county about $784,000 annual through a program called PILT — Payment In Lieu of Taxes — but Harvey isn't convinced that system is reliable.
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