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June 2, 2014
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Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscriber Bart Murray of Baker City.
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City Council candidates can file starting 3une 4 Four of the seven positions on the Baker City Council will be up for election in the Nov. 4 general election. Prospective candidates can file starting June 4, and continuing through Aug. 26. Candidate petitions are available in Suite 203 at City Hall, 1655 First St. The terms for councilors Clair Button, Roger Coles, Dennis Dorrah and Barbara Johnson expire Dec. 31, 2014. Due to the clause in the city charter that limits councilors to serving no more than two consecutive terms, neither Dorrah nor Button is eligible to run. Coles and Johnson are eligible to run. The top three votegetters in November will be elected to fouryear terms. The fourthplace finisher will serve a two-year term. More information about filing as a candidate is available at www.bakercity.com/ government/elections.
MayDay has contest to design new logo MayDay, Inc. in Baker City wants a new logo to more effectively convey its mission and character, so the agency is holding a contest to allow local artists to submit designs. The creator of the winning design will win a new digital reader, such as a Kindle, Nook or iPad Mini. The logo should convey the mission of helping victims of violence find hope for a new beginning. The new logo will be used on signs, letterhead, business cards and other documents. Contestants must be at least16. The design must be the artist's original work, although computer generated fonts and graphics may be included if used according to copyright and license requirements of the source. For more information or to enter, contact MayDay at1834 Main Strin Baker City or call 541-523-9472. Designs deadline is noon on June 13.
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ENTERPRISE — The Farm Bill Congress passed this winter allows increased restorationon national forest land in areas affected, and projectedtobe affected,by insectsand disease overthe next 20 years. Lindsay Warness of Boise Cascade in La Grande said, sWe're cautiously optimistic. In the letter Gov. Kitzhaber sent to USDA Sec. Vilsack he stressedthe on-going collaboration work in addition to the needforlandscape projects." See Farm Bill IPage 2A
Chris Collins /BakerCity Herald
GingerWhitney, left, and Coby Mastrude help show off the newWomen's Breast Health Suite at St. Alphonsus Medical Center during an open house at the hospital Friday. By Chris Collins ccollins©bakercityherald.com
St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Baker City welcomed the community to an open house Friday to show off its newly remodeled lobby area, Women's Breast Health Suite and auxiliary gift shop. The remodeledentryway provides easieraccesstothehospital'sadmittingstafFand aroomier waiting area for patients and visitors. The gift shop, which is operated by the volunteers of the hospital auxiliary, has moved to a new space straight down the hallway from the lobby. And the Women's Breast Health Suite is situated just across the hall from the radiology department in spaceformerly occupied by medical records. The process forpatients arriving at the hospital for a mammogram hasn't changed much with the remodeling. They still will arrive through the
front door and check in with the admitting staf, who will direct them to the radiology department and then to awaiting area. In the past, patients wound their way through the radiology depart-
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See Hospital/Page 2A By Gerry Steele gsteele©bakercityherald.com
Three small wildfires were started Sunday south-southwest of Baker City, possibly caused by storms in the Baker County area Saturday. The largest of the three fires was the 12-acre Rail Gulch Fire, which started at 2:51 p.m. Sunday six miles south-southwest of Unity. Fire officials said the blaze, burning in grass, timber and slash, was lightning-caused. A 1-acre human-caused fire was reported 11 miles south-southwest of Baker City at 5:21 p.m. Sunday. Chris Collins/ Baker City Herald
Jacquie Heart, auxiliary volunteer, is proud of the expanded gift shop.
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Ci installs mile markers on Leo Adler Pathway • Quarter-mile markers designed to help pathway users track their travels By Lisa Britton For the Baker City Herald
Now those who use the Leo Adler Memorial Parkway can easily track their distance with new markers that were installed Friday. The markers are placed at quarter-mile intervals measured from Hughes Lane. The spur to the Baker Sports Complex has its own markers, also measured from Hughes Lane. For instance, if you start at Hughes, it is eight-tenths of a mile to the Sports Complex. If you follow the path from
Hughes Lane to Bridge Street iwithout detouring to the Sports Complex, the distance is 1.9 miles. The markers are a project of the Baker City Parks Department, in cooperation with the Powder River Correctional Facility. The wooden markers were designed and manufactured at PRCF, and each is etched with a different animal or fish. The parksdepartment provided the materials, and PRCF did not charge for the work. The markers were a suggestion from a community member, said Joyce Bornstedt, technical administration supervisor for Baker City Public Works. She said funding for the materials came from the budget allocatedforimprovements to the Leo Adler Memorial Parkway.
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City workers placed markers at quarter-mile intervals along the Leo Adler Memorial Pathway Friday. Powder River Correctional Facility inmates designed and built the markers in cooperation with the city's parks department.
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