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Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscriber Dan Srack of Baker City.
Oregon, 3A SALEM — Talk of keeping the tax rebate known as the kicker rather than giving it back to taxpayers resurfaced in recent weeks as the Oregon Legislature prepares to pass a K-12 education budget that both sides say is too small. House Democrats passed a $73 billion budget, $200 million shy of what school districts statewide say they need.
"It's a doublestandard.We have to obey the law that our Legislature lays out. They're not above the law." Free said she is adamantly opposed to the ordinance and she will fight it however she can. 'The ban is absolutely
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of marijuana violates Oregon law. Local activists are vowing Local medical marijuana to fight Baker City's recently patients Carol Free and Rod approved ban on recreational Shaw have spoken against and medical marijuana stores. the ban at several City CounThey believe the City Coun- cil meetings. cil' sapprovalofan ordinance "All we want them to do prohibiting commercial sales is obey the law," Shaw said. ldillen©bakercityherald.com
illegal, according to Measure takes effect July 1. 91 and the medical marijuana The Oregon Liquor Control dispensary program," she Commission, which will issue sald. permits for recreational mariMeasure 91is the law that juana stores, doesn't expect Oregonvoters approved last any stores to open until the fall of 2016. November legalizing recreational marijuana use by people 21 and older. The law See PotStoreslPage2A
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Funeral planning seminar Thursday A seminar on "5 Common Misconceptions About Funeral Planning and End of Life Decisions" will be presented at1 p.m. Thursday, April 9, at Community Connection, 2810 Cedar St. This is part of the Baker County Long Term Care Coordination Team's "Monthly Conversations for Building a Quality Eldercare Toolkit." Topics to be covered include: who pays for funerals, organ donation, insurance benefits and POLST — Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment.
Fundraiser dinner for Taylor family There will be a spaghetti feed and silent auction to benefit Chris and Reanna Taylor on April10 at 6 p.m. at the Baker Elks Lodge, 1896 Second St. In February,the Taylors, along with their four girls, were in a traffic accident in La Grande. The children were not hurt, but Reanna broke her leg in three places and Chris had chest bruising. Reanna was transported to Portland via Life Flight because of the severity of her injuries. Money raised at the benefit will help the family pay insurmountable bills. The dinner is $10 and will include spaghetti, garlic bread and dessert. To RSVP call Baker Elks at 541-523-3338 or Joyce Watterson at 503949-3634.
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The annual Easter egg hunt at Geiser-Pollman Park finds Stevie Rasmussen, 3, right, and other children frantically gathering plastic eggs and other prizes Saturday morning. Some eggs contained special prize vouchers for stuffed animals and other toys.
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The Shriners Kids' Rodeo includes races for boys and girls, roping, mutton busting and lots more. The annual event follows the Easter egg hunt at GeiserPollman Park.
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A Baker County man says he saw six wolves harassing a herd of elk last week near Medical Springs. Bryan Karolski, who moved to the Medical Springs area from Idaho about two months ago, said he saw the wolves in a pasture near Wirth Lane on Wednesday evening. Karolski said he had seen wolves many times in Idaho. He said he used binoculars to watch the wolves near M edical Springs forseveral minutes. He called the Oregon Department of Fish and Wild-
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Just when Baker County needed it most, the rain arrlved. Except where it was snow. "Most" might be an exaggeration. Like as not there will come days in July and August when the county could benefit even more from a deluge. Still and all, as the county enters its third straight drought year, Sunday's sogginess — it was the wettest day at the Baker City Airport since the week before Christmas — was well-timed. SeeDeluge/Page 2A
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Snow, a rarity for most of this past winter at lower elevations in Baker County, dusted the foothills southwest of town this morning. Sunday was the dampest day at the Baker City Airport since late December.
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