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January 8, 2016

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A special good day to Herald subscriber Mary Dunn of Baker City.

Oregon, 5A BURNS —The ongoing occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters shows no signs of ending anytime soon. Ammon Bundy, a leader of the occupation, briefly left the headquartersThursday afternoon to meet with Harney County Sheriff David Ward. The two talked at a country crossroads about 13 miles from the federal refuge buildings.

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Brooklyn taco feed fundraiser set for Feb. 4 Brooklyn Primary School's annual taco feed fundraiser will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Community Events Center, 2600 East St. The evening includes a taco dinner, a book fair, silent auction, and a variety of raffle prizes. Dinner is $6 adults, $3 children. Raffle tickets are $1 each, $5 for six or $20 for 25. Tickets will be sold prior to the event and will also be available during the fundraiser. Money raised at the taco feed helps fund field trips for the students, technology for classrooms, art and science programs and more. It is organized by the school and Brooklyn's ParentTeacher Organization.

Bentz appointed to Energy Committee SALEM — Oregon Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, has been appointed to the Legislative Interim Committee on Department of Energy Oversight. Bentz's district includes Baker County. Recently, Bentz and four other Republican lawmakers sent a letter to state and federal authorities outlining alleged improprieties within the Department emphasizing several issues including the discounting of an energy tax credits program.

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Kaylee Burk, right, Emily Sandefur, center, Mackenzie Patterson and their classmates in advanced art at Baker High School are creating portraits from photographs of Ethiopian children.

By Lisa Britton For the Baker City Herald

Mikaylah Treanor dabs paint on the canvas, gently mixing shades ofbrown until she creates the perfect hue. She glances at the photo beside her, then back at the canvas where a child's face is taking shape. "It's exciting, but I'm nervous what theyII think ofit," says Treanor, 15. "It's fiustrating, trying to get the color right." Treanor and her fellow students in advanced art at Baker High School are painting portraits of children fiom Ethiopia, who will receive these paintings as a gik in the next month. The program, says teacher Kristen Anderson, is called the Memory Project. According to the website, the Memory Projectis a nonprofit organizationthat"invitesartteachersand their students to create portraits for youtharound theworld who have faced substantial challenges, such as neglect, abuse, loss of parents, and extreme poverty." See PbrtraitsIBge 8A

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The issue wasn't on the agenda Wednesday, but the Baker County commissioners ended up talking about the biggest storyin Oregon. Commissioners discussed a group of militants' ongoing occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge south of Burns. Commissioners also heard from localresidents about the situation. Wanda Ballard of Baker City said that although she doesn't necessaril y support the occupation, this is an opportunity to bring attentiontoissuesthatarebeing "pushed down our throats." Ballard cited as examples the Blue Mountains Forest Plan revision, the WallowaWhitman National Forest Travel Management Plan, the Owyhee Canyonlands proposal, sage grouse protection and the Boardmanto-Hemingway power line project. "Are we going to have to call the Bundys to help us?n Ballard said, referring to the brothers who are among the leadersofthe occupation. "Hopefully the issue is not just about the injustice that was done to ithe Hammondsl. Eastern Oregon is readytoimplode." See CountyIPage5A

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Chloe Deputy creates a portrait of 10-year-old Michael of Ethiopia.

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Sophiaa Choate, weighing in at 6 pounds, 10 ounces and measuring 18'/2 inches, is the first baby born in 2016 at St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City. Sophiaa was born Monday at 3:48p.m.toAmanda Choate. Both mother and baby are doingwell,according to a press

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releasefrom the hospital. Sophiaa joins a sister, Cinthia. To commemorate the hospital's New Year's baby, St. Alphonsus presented the family with a basket filled with baby clothes, diapers, blankets and other items parents of newborns need and enjoy.

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Amanda Choate with her daughter, Sophiaa Choate, the first baby born in 2016 at St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City. Sophiaa, born Monday at 3:48 p.m. joins a sister, Cinthia.

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Oregon sweltered in 2015 as never before. Baker City didn't. It was a warm year here, to be sure, with an average temperatureof47.1 degrees at the Baker City Airport. That's 1.7 degrees above thelong-term average of45.4 at theairport,wherestatisticsdate to 1943. But unlike Oregon as a whole, which set a record high with an average temperatureof50.4 degrees, breaking the previous record of 49.9 set in 1934, Baker City's 2015 was cooler than seven other years since 1943. Two years — 1992 and 1973 — share Baker's record for warmth, with an average of 47.7 degrees. SeeWarmestlPage 5A

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