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Serving Baker County since 1870 •

May 18, 2015

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A special good day to Herald subscriber David Durr of Halfway.

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Ballots for the May 19 election are due by 8 p.m. Tuesday. A list of drop sites is available at http://www.bakercounty. org/clerks/Drop Sites. html. As of this morning, 33.6 percent of voters had returned their ballots to the County Clerk's office.

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• No major changes in proposed budgetforfiscal year starting July 1 By Joshua Dillen

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It's budget season in Baker City. Baker City's Budget Board will meet Tuesday at 4 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St., to review a proposed budget

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Emergency preparedness fair set for May 30 Baker County Emergency Managementis planning an Emergency Preparedness Fair May 30 to help families get ready for disaster. The event will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the National Guard Armory, 1640 Campbell St. It will include information about how families can prepare for a disaster — such as an earthquake — by being informed, making a plan, building a kit and getting involved.

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total ing $19,428,054forthe fiscal year that starts July 1. That budget includes just over $5 million in unappropriated funds. The current year's

budget is about $19 million. Labor costs, as is typical, aresome ofthelargestline items in the budget. The police department's proposedbudget totalsnearly

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$2 million ($1.7 million for personnel). The fire department will cost almost $1.7

million ($1.5 million for personnel).

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honoring parents The Baker County Library District is hosting "Parents Are Our Heroes" events at each of its satellite branches the last week of May in preparation for the summer reading program. Parents are invited to attend the free events to get tips on being an effective reading partner with their kids. The schedule: • Huntington, May 27, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. • Haines, May 28, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. • Richland, May 30, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. • Halfway (meeting at the park), May 30, noon to1 p.m.

'Building Your Budget' class 3une 3 in Baker A free "Building Your Budget" class is scheduled for June 3 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Community Connection, 2810 Cedar St. in Baker City. People planning to attend should RSVP by June 1 by calling Debbie Votaw at 1-800-8383186.

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Haggen officially opened its Baker City grocery store Saturday afternoon. Haggen bought the former Albertsons store as a result of a FederalTrade Commission requirement that the merged Albertsons-Safeway corporation sell some of its stores to avoid having a monopoly in certain markets, such as Baker City, with both Albertsons and Safeway groceries. Baker City's Safeway store remains open.

After a hectic 36 hours, Baker Cit's thestoredosedforthelasttim easan Albertsons. newestgmcery storeopened Saturday afternoon. Over the next day and a half; "It was busy," said Marc Ruberti, workers transformed the store into a who managed the formerAlbertsons Haggen. That transition isn'tcomplete, store and has the same position with Haggen, which bought the store late Ruberti said. He said the store will be adding lastyear. But not as busy as the 36-hour items over the coming weeks and whirlwind that started Thursday when months, especiallyin the bakery, deli

and produce sectrons. Haggen also has scheduled a public meeting for June 30 fmm 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Baker County Community Events Center, 2600 East St. The companyis inviting local fanners, nonpmfit organizati ons and othersto attend and discuss ways that fanners can sell their pmduce to the stoie, and find out how the company supports nonprofits.

The Baker School Board is expected to act on the hiring of three new administrators when it meets Tuesday night. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the District Office, 2090 Fourth St. It will be preceded by a meeting of the District Budget Committee at 5 p.m. New administrators are: • Molly Smith, a former North Powder Charter School teacher, who will serve as part-time assistant principal at Brooklyn Primary School during 2015-16. Smith will work .6 time to assist Smith Gwen O'Neal, Brooklyn principal, and .4 time as a math coach for students in kindergarten through

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Grade 2. • Nanette Lehman has been named South Baker Intermediate principal for the coming year. Lehman replaces Betty Palmer, who moved to the District Office as interim superinLehman te n dent in March. Lehman is a Haines second-grade teacher who also has servedas head teacher atHaines for the past two years. Palmer is serving in the stead of Walt Wegener, who is acting as a consultant for the district and lobbying at the stateLegislature on thedistrict's behalf during the final months of his contractas districtsuperintendent. Mark Witty of Grant School District at John Day has been hired to take

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over as superintendent on July 1. At that time, Palmer will begin her new job as assistant superintendent and director of curriculum and instruction. Palmer • Chris Carmiencke, South Baker sixth-grade teacher, will take over as Baker Middle School principal in the year ahead. He will replace Mindi Vaughan, who has been reassignedas principal ofH aines and Keating schools. Vaughan also will work asthedistrict'sfederalprograms director and serve as liaison to families who are homeless. Personnel changes will be the focus of much of Tuesday night's meeting. See Schools/Page 2A

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drought May won't bust the drought, but it might put a few temporary cracks in it. The past week was the wettest seven-day period in Baker County in almost two years. From May 11-17, a total of 1.26inches ofrain fellatthe Baker City Airport. We haven't endured such a week-long dousing since June 19-25 of 2013, when 1.92 inches sluiced down at theairport.M ostofthat — 1.57 inches — fell on the record-setting June 19. This past damp week reversed a months-long trend that has deepened the drought in Baker County and across Eastern Oregon. January, March and April were each much drier than usual (February was slightly wetter). May, which on average is the wettest month here, failed initially to fulfill its soggy reputation. BetweenApril24 and May 10,no measurable rain fellat the airport.

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