Baker City Herald Daily Paper 08-01-14

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A special good day to Herald subscriber Greg Pointer of Baker City.

Local, 3A A design submitted by ShanayAnderson of Baker City was selected for the new logo at MayDay, Inc. The entry, which includes an abstract image of one person helping another, was chosen by the MayDay board of directors to more effectively convey the mission of the organization.

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By Pat Caldwell pcaldwell©bakercityherald.com

BRIEFING

Community NightOut event

Tuesday The annual Baker Community Night Out, which brings police and community partners together with neighborhood residents to celebrate summer, is scheduledTuesday. The event will be from 5:30p.m.to 8:30 p.m.at Geiser-Pollman Park. A free meal of hamburgers, chips, fruit and a drink will be served. People will receive one free raffle ticket as they go through the food line. Additional raffle tickets will be on sale at the same location for $1 for one ticket, $5 for 10 tickets, or $20 for an "arm spread" of tickets, organizers said in a press release. There also will be free ice cream, a car seat clinic, free snow cones and information and sales booths. Manpower for the event is provided by the Baker County Prevention Coalition, which includes members from the Juvenile Department, New Direction Northwest Inc. Prevention, the Baker City Police Department and the Baker City Herald. Event organizers are Cristi Vega and Lynette Perry of Baker City Events and Phoebe Wachtel of the Baker City Police Department. And singer Frank Carlson will provide music for the event. Booth space — free for nonprofit organizations and $15 for sales — is still available. To reserve a space, to donate raffle items or cash, or for more information, call 541-519-5653.

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Reading program volunteer Jessica Hatfield tries a few reading games with Aldo Duran, left, and Antonio Washington Thursday. The theme for the hour-long session was beach party fun. The twice-weekly sessions normally last 30 minutes.

By Lisa Britton For the Baker City Herald

The kids sprawl on beach towels, working crossword puzzles, listening to stories and enjoying a snack. This looks more like play than work, but these kids are honing their literacy skills. This reading program is designed to help children in Grades 1-3 work on their reading throughout the summer. The aim is to help the youth maintain their skills during summer vacation.

"Our goal was for our kids to not lose ground over the summer," said Jim Tomlinson, coordinator of the REAL program iRead Everyday and Learn). During the school year, REAL has volunteers reading with students at the local elementary schools, and holdsbook giveaways several tim es ayear. This is the second year for the summer program, which is funded by a grant from the Ford Family Foundation. Baker School District 5J

providesthereading supplies. The program is 10 weeks, and continues through Aug. 21. There are two sessions every Tuesday and Thursday — 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at North Baker School. Most then stay for the free lunch providedby the schooldistrictat noon. Tomlinson said the average attendance per day has been in the low 40s, although"our highest was 57."

VVesCom News Service

Eastern Oregon's law enforcement agencies are reeling from Oregon State Police's announcement of

the possible closure ofPendleton'sforensicslab. Nothing has been decided, but due to budgetary concerns one of the viable options is to close the nearestforensicslab to

numerous law enforcement agencies in Eastern Oregon and shift the work to Bend, Clackamas or the Portland forensics lab. "There's nothing confirmed at this point,"

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New life for Lime'? By Pat Caldwell pcaldwell©bakercityherald.com

See Reading/Fbge 6A

IlSP milhtclose Pendleton crime lah By Kelly Ducote and Cherise Kaechele

Four slots on the Baker City Council are up for grabs this November but so far there hasn't been much interest from the public. "Not one application for the city council turned in. We've given two out but not had any returned," City Manager Mike Kee said Tuesday. Kee conceded that often individuals wait until he last moment — in this case Aug. 26 — before turning in council applications. Four positions, now held by Dennis Dorrah, Roger Coles, Barbara Johnson and Clair Button, will be open for the autumn election.

Oregon State Police spokesperson Lt. Gregg Hastings said."They are still trying to decidewhere torelocate. It doesn't mean though that it'sgoing to leavethe area." See Crime Lab/Fbge 2A

A long-abandoned industrial site in Baker County may be on the verge of securing new life. Gorilla Engineering and Design, a Salt Lake City company, announced recently it plans to open a manufacturing facility at the former and iconic Baker County Lime concrete plant. See Lime/Page3A

torms rall e a er By Jayson Jacoby llacoby©bakercityherald.com

A line of potent thunderstorms brought the full summer spectacle to Baker City Thursday, with thunder, lightning, briefheavy rain and a batch of new, but small, wildfires. A repeat scenario is possibletoday,according to the National Weather Service. Although storms had formed in the region on many days the latter half of July, until Thursday most of the cells had veered away from Baker City.

S. John Collins/ Baker City Herald

Athunderhead towered over Baker CityThursday afternoon. Aseries of storms brought lightning, thunder and rain See Storms/Page 2A to most of Baker County later in the day.

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