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August 18, 2014
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Community Orchestra to perform Aug. 25 The Baker Community Orchestra will perform on Monday Aug. 25 at7 p.m. in GeiserPollman Park. There is no admission charge and all are welcome. The orchestra, under the direction of Kelly Brickman, will perform the Liberty Bell March by John Philipp Sousa, Themes From 1812 Overture, Pictures At An Exhibition, a medley of songs from "Paintyour Wagon," and more. The Baker Community Orchestra is made up of volunteer community members who have a passion for making music. The orchestra is open to any community member who can play a band or orchestra instrument. There is no audition requirement, just come and play. More information is available by calling Brian Watt at 541-5234662.
Crossroads class offered Tuesday Ginger Rembold will be leading aclassmaking "Asian Concertina Books" from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the downstairs studio at Crossroads. Concertina Books are a folded, non-sewn, booklet....perfect for a short trip memory, a bookof poemsfor a friend, a collection of drawings. Hidden pages can keep private certain messages. Customize your cover
and participants need to bring: Ideas, photographs, quotes, paper scraps, etc. (Ages 12 and up- 6 and up with parent).
City Planners meet Wednesday The regular meeting of the Baker City Planning Commission is planned at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Baker City Hall.
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Olivia Hanson and her father,Troy, sort through registration forms and other requirements for sophomores at Baker High School.
Baker Middle School is holding steady at 260, evenly split between Superintendent Walt Wegener is seventh-graders and eighth-graders, which is about the same as the putting a tentative "smiley face" on enrollment figures after completion number enrolled at year's end, said oflast week's school registration Jennifer Trader, school secretary. And Haines and Keating schools sessions. are showing higher numbers as Numbers at Baker High School the districtpreparesforthe Sept.2 are down slightly — as is typical for this time of year, Wegener saidopening of classes. with total enrollment expected at There are 134 enrolled at Haines, including students in pre-kindergarbetween 480 and 500 by Sept. 8. The new Baker Technical Institen through sixth grade, Wegener tute"isabsolutely stuffed,"Wegener said. And at Keating, where all said. BTI, which will be led by Jerry gradelevels are taught by teacher Kathi Shaw, there are 28 students Peacock, former longtime Baker High School principal, will provide enrolled in pre-kindergarten through Grade 6 classes. career and technical training for An additional fourth-grade students enrolled in those programs. Eagle Cap, the district's innovate teacher might be required at South high school, which also will be led by Baker Intermediate School, where Peacock and is housed at the North principal Betty Palmer reports Baker Education Center, shows infourth-grade enrollment is at 113, creased enrollment as well, Wegener up from the 99 third-graders who left Brooklyn Primary School in sald. By Chris Collins
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June. "And we have no idea where they came from," Wegener said of the additional students. At Brooklyn Primary, where kindergartners are joining schoolmates in Grades 1-3, preliminary enrollment is at 447. Three modular classroomshave been added to the school grounds to accommodate the kindergarten classes. The first-grade class numbers are up at Brooklyn, said Teresa Sullivan, who shares school secretary duties with Christie Randall. ''We're close to starting where we ended last year, and if we do we'll put a smiley face on it,"Wegener said.sWe really won't know until
Sept. 8." He addedthattypically 5 to 10 percent of the student population will not be settled into classes until thatdate,despite the Sept.2 backto-school date.
I-84Accident
ta man urtin reewascras Policesuspect driver fatigue caused a one-vehicle crash that seriously injured a West Valley, Utah, man and closed the eastbound freeway lanes for about 20 minutes early Sunday morning. Mark Howland, 23, was listed in fair condition today at St. Mary Medical Center at Walla Walla, Wash., a hospital spokeswoman said. The eastbound lanes of the freeway were closed for about 20 minutes to allow a Life Flight helicopter to land. Howland was flown by Life Flight to the Walla Walla hospital, police said. Howland was hurt when his 2006 Kia Spectra went off the eastbound lanes on Interstate 84 and onto the left shoulder at Milepost 282 near the Wolf Creek
Photo courtesy Oregon State Police
A Utah man was injured Sunday morning in a crash along 1-84.
Interchange. The Kia then traveled back across both lanes of traffic and the right shoulder,rolling over the traffi c lanesbefore coming torest along the right side of the
eastbound lanes, the news release stated. Howland was wearing safetyrestraints,police sard. OSP was assisted at the scene by the Union
County Sheriff's Offtce, La Grande City Fire Department, North Powder Quick Response Team, Life Flight and OregonDepartment of Transportation.
The Baker City Council last week stepped into the debate regarding a longrange forest management plan that has already come under fire from elected county leaders across Eastern Oregon. Baker County already officially issued its rejection of a draftproposal ofthe plan last week and on Friday, City Manager Mike Kee delivereda letterofsupport for the county's stance to the U.S. Forest Service office in town. Friday was the deadline for comments and official objections to the plan. "Itwas a one-page letter that talks about the economics, the watershed, we more or less support the document the county put together," Kee said. The county already voiced its concerns about the plan in a 90-plus-page document. The county approved a resolution last week in opposition to the forest plan. The county's objections center on the plan itself and the blueprint's draft Environmental Impact Statement. See CounciIIPage 6A
Grant Co. working on Easley housing From the Blue Mountain Eagle CANYON CITY — Grant County officials are working out the logistics for housing Dillan Dakota Easley during his waiver hearing scheduled for next month. Easley, now 15, is accusedofshooting hisfoster father, Michael Piete, 43, and Kenneth Gilliland, 64, both of Baker City, at a hunting cabin near Granite last October. Easley is being held in the Northern Oregon Regional Corrections facility in The Dalles. The case issetto goto further hearings Sept. 8-26, with Judge J. Burdette Pratt presiding. At a status hearing Monday in Grant County Circuit Court, much of the discussion centered on whether the facilities in Grant County are adequate for holding the teen during the proceedings. Cindy Tirico, Grant County juvenile counselor, said her office is working out a variety of issues, but she feels confident the teen can be housed SeeEasleylPage 6A
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