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June 15, 2015
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Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscriber Lamar Gardiner of Baker City.
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Travel Management Committee meets Tuesday Baker County's Travel Management Committee will meetTuesday, June 16 at 3 p.m. at the Courthouse, 1995Third St. in Baker City. The committee keeps track of the WallowaWhitman's Travel Management Plan.
• Most of the Baker County bridges listed in report carry fewer than 75 cars per day
Methodist
Vacation Bible School postponed
By Jayson Jacoby llacoby©bakercityherald.com
A report compiled by a national group found that 11 of 187 bridges in Baker County are "structurally deficient," although none is deemed unsafe. The report was released last week by Transportation for America, which calls for the government to spend more for transportationprojects. The dataare from bridge inspection reports collected by the Federal Highway Administration. Baker County Roadmaster Jeff Smith said he recei ves a sim ilarreporteach yearfrom the Oregon Department of Transportation, which inspects all bridges in the state. Smith points out that"structurally deficient" does not mean a bridge is dangerous. In fact, he said that if state inspectors find an imminent problem with a bridge they will immediately alert local officials. Typically an interim step in such a case is to set a weight limit for the bridge, Smith said.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Baker United Methodist Church Vacation Bible School planned this week has been postponed. The new schedule will be announced later.
Forest health workshop set for 3une 17 Forest owners and others interested in learning about common insects and diseases that can harm trees are invited to a free workshop on Wednesday, June 17. The day-long event will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants will meet at the OSU Baker County Extension Office, 2600 East St., and then head for the woods in vans. Pre-registration is required. To do so call the Extension Office at 541-523-641 8. Instructors include Dave Shaw, an OSU Extension forest health specialist; Christine Buhl, entomologist for the Oregon Department of Forestry; and Paul Oester, OSU Extension forester in Union County. They willcover topics such as common tree root diseases in the Blue Mountains; the recent severe branch dieback problem in ponderosa pines; western larch defoliation; needle diseases; bark beetles such as the mountain pine beetle that has been a major tree-killer across the Western U.S. and Canada; and dwarf mistletoe infestations.
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Commissioners to adopt budget Kathy Orr/ Baker City Herald
Assembling the bandstand structure Friday at Natural Structures are, top left, Brian Sipp, and BillThomas right, bottom left,Victor Sanchez, left, and Mike Cowan, right. W orkers are slated to start assembling the new bandstand at Geiser-Pollman Park on June 22. The bandstand, which will be onthe eastside ofthepark,
should be finished by midAugust, said Dave Hunsaker, coordinatorfortheproject. Although organizers had hoped to have the structure ready for Miners Jubilee in
late July, severe weather in the Midwest delayed work on some parts of the bandstand, Hunsaker said. See BandstandI Page 2A
The Baker County Board of Commissioners is slatedto adopt a budgetforthe new fiscal year whenthey meet Wednesday at9 a.m .at the Courthouse, 1995 Third St. The fiscal year starts July 1. Commissioners also will consider a petition to vacatepartofthe Robinette Road near Oxbow,and hear an update on theadministrativeservicesdepartment.
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M1A2 SEP Abrams tanks assigned to Eastern Oregon's 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, Oregon Army National Guard fire on a gunnery range at the OrchardTraining Center in this 2013 photo.
NationalGuardunitgregaresfortoughtraining By Pat Caldwell For the Baker City Herald
Nearlyfour decades oftradition and history will be on the line this summer when the region's Army
National Guard unit deploys to the National Training Center in the Mohave Desert. The 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, Oregon Army National
Guard is scheduled to participate in a three-week exercise at the renowned and secluded training area in August. The National Training Center iNTCl is considered the pre-
mier training place in the world, 3rd Battalion commander, Lt. Col. Brian Dean said. See TrainingI Page 8A
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