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June 22, 2015
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A special good day to Herald subscriber Danae Simonski of Baker City. SALEM — Wheat yields are projected to take such a hit this summer that some Eastern Oregon growers may not even harvest their crop, a senior grain merchandiser said. Sparse rainfall and diminished snowpack is the story for producers all across the West, but an unseasonable heat wave in late May and early June hit developing wheat plants at exactly the wrong time, said Dan Steiner of Pendleton Grain Growers.
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Leia Tyrrell rode in for the win of stage one in the 2013 Baker City Cycling Classic.
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he photo captures Leia Tyrrell with hands in the air, triumphant as she claims irstplacein theroad race of f the 2013 Baker City Cycling Classic. There is no hint that two years prior she was in a coma for 14 days. yrrell took up bicycle racing when she enrolled at Oregon State University in 2008. "I was a swimmer, and decided I didn't want to do that any more," says Tyrrell, 25. She started racing with her collegiate team, a sports
Commissioners meet Wednesday Baker County Commissioners will discuss a professional services agreement with economic developer Greg Smith during their meetingWednesday at 9 a.m. at the Courthouse, 1995Third St. Also on the agenda is the BLM's sage grouse management plan for Oregon, and the purchase of two properties.
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This photo of Leia Tyrrell, at far right, racing the Criterium in 2012 — the third stage of the Baker City Cycling Classicgraced the cover of the Oregon Festivals and Events Association guide. Tyrrell nearly died from injuries she suffered in a crash during a bike race in 2011 inThe Dalles.
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• Record-high temperatures — exceeding 100 degrees at lower elevations — are likely during the coming weekend
More than half of Oregon's 36 counties — 19, to be specific, including Baker — are under a drought emergency declaration. And that number is likely to rise to 20 this week as Sherman County joins the list.
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• Racer Leia Tyrrell has recovered from a crash that left her in a coma
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TOLLGATE (AP)Spout Springs, a ski area in northeastern Oregon, is up for sale, and the asking price is $1.25 million, the East Oregonian newspaper reported (http://is.gd/ dF9k7A). Current owner John Murray says he's looking to retire. The 66-yearold has owned the 1,400-acre resort near Tollgate since 1999. Spout Springs offers 800 feet of vertical skiing with a base elevation of about 5,000 feet. It was established in the 1920s and served as the training center for the American and Norwegian Olympic ski jump teams in the1950s and 1960s.
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The first full weekend of summer might turn out to be the season's hottest. We'll have to wait to see what sort of meteorological dickens July and August can muster to seeifthatpossibility bearsout. What's all but certain, though, is that temperatures will soar starting Thursday. And the National Weather Service office in Boise, which handles forecasts for Baker County, expects the heat will intensify as the weekend progresses. Death Valley, as you might have expected, is involved. The temperature in that infamous Southern California inferno topped out at 122 degrees on Sunday. The intense ridge ofhigh pressure responsible for that intimidating statistic will begin to bulge north into the intermountain West by late this week, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures around here won't quite rival Death Valley's — our region is well above sea level, not below, after all. But even in Baker Valley, where the elevationaverages about 3,500 feet,highson Saturday, Sunday and Monday should ascend to the upper 90s. At lower elevations along the Snake River — Huntington, Richland, Oxbow — temperaturesprobably willexceed 100,perhaps by several degrees. There's also a slight chance of thunderstorms Sunday and Monday.
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"Iwas decentatit.Andgot more andmoreintoit,"she says. The more races she finished, the more points she accumulated to move up in the USA Cycling Race Categories — from Cat.4 to Cat. 3, then to Cat. 2. "I really wanted to go pro," she says. But her life plan changed April 2, 2011, at the Cherry Blossom Classic Stage Race in The Dalles. She was in the lead, on the lastcorneroftherace's Criterium stage. And she crashed. Hard.
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The Baker City Council on Tuesday will hear the third reading of an ordinance creating a committee dedicated to Sam-0 Swim Center. The seven-member committee will be tasked with advocating for the city-owned pool, prioritizing maintenance projects, recommending expenditures and identifying funding opportunities for the center, which is operatedby theBaker County YMCA. The committee will include a city stafF member, a city councilor and five local residents. Tuesday's meeting will start at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St. The council also will adopt a budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1.
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