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Serving Baker County since 1870 • bakercityherald.com
October 17, 2014
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A special good day to Herald subscriber Jack Wilson of North Powder.
Results oflatest website survey The most recent poll question on www. bakercityherald.com was: "Will you vote yes or no to legalize recreational marijuana use in Oregon?
• Private forestownersform cooperativetoselltimbertoBoiseCascade
• Arnold Roger Skeels, 45, accused ofhaving sexually explicit conversations online with a 16-year-old Baker girl
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The current poll question is: "Will revelations about Gov. John Kitzhaber's fiancee cost him the election?"
By Chris Collins ccollins©bakercityherald.com
A Baker City man was arrested Wednesday on charges ofluring a minor and seconddegree online sexual corruption of a child, both Class C felonies. Policearrested Arnold Roger Skeels, 45, of 3110 H Stn Wednesday at the police department. District Attorney Matt ShirtclifFsaid there is evidence that S keels intended to arrange a Ske e l s meeting with his victim. Skeels was arraigned on the charges Thursday in Baker County Circuit Court.
Sports, 9A Baker volleyball team beats Mac-HiThursday night to clinch playoff berth.
BRIEFING
Open house at YMCA Fitness Center Oct. 23 The Baker County YMCA fitness center, 3715 Pocahontas Road, will have an open house Thursday, Oct. 23, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Activities include fitness tours, fitness testing by Excel Center for Performance and Baker Valley Physical Therapy, fitness games for kids (ages 5-8 and 9-12), preschool craft times for preschoolers, Childwatch, Family Fun Run, prize raffles, and a showcase of the many fitness classes including cycling, strength, karate, yoga, PiYo, Zumba, and more. Also featured will be YMCA member success stories, competing athletes, sport teams, Special Olympics, Barracuda SwimTeam, and the Support-our-Youth Campaign. A membership special will be available that waives the joining fee of $25. Snacks, drinks and prizes are provided by Albertsons, Cody's General Store, Flagstaff Sports, and Safeway. According to a press release, the YMCA serves 5,000 in the community (members, nonmembers and preschoolers). For more information, call 541-523-9622.
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Bail was set at $30,000. The next hearing is scheduled Nov. 6. The case will go before a grand jury next week, Shirtcliff said. SeeArrest/Page 6A
Trial date set in Langrell's ci lawsuit
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A new cooperative formed by private forest owners in Baker County will make it easier, and more profitable, for owners here and in Union and VVallowa counties to sell their timber.
By Jayson Jacoby llacoby©bakercityherald.com
By Chris Collins ccollins©bakercityherald.com
Private woodland owners in Baker, Union and Wallowa counties will receive premium pricesfor theirtimber this winter thanks to an agreement forged with Boise Cascade last month. The agreementcame about with the formation of the Blue MountainWoodland Cooperative, which has been 12 years in the making, said Bob Parker, Extension forester.
The co-op was formed by members of the Baker County Small Woodlands Association. Many of the same people serve in leadership roles in both organizations. Last January, Parker and threemembers ofthe association — Steve Edwards, Lyle Defrees and Eileen Gyllenberg — met with Boise Cascade representativesto make a
deal. awe told them we could offer them aguaranteed chunk of
volume — volume they can count on — and we can push volume at a time they need it the most," Parker said. "And we told them we wanted a 15 percent premium price over what they normally pay — and they said yes." That premium price is the difference between breaking evenand making a profi t for small woodland owners, Parker said.
Baker City Councilor Richard Langrell's lawsuit against the city is scheduled to go to trial April 2, 2015, in Baker County Circuit Court. The 12-member jury trial is slatedto startat9 a.m . Langrell Langrell, whose four-year term as a councilor continues through Dec. 31, 2016, and his wife, Lynne, filed the lawsuit in April of this year. They are seeking more than $9,000 in water and sewer fees they paid the cityoverseveralyears,starting in 2005.
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Bunkie test: Funnyname,dutseriousresults By Lisa Britton For the Baker City Herald
Lisa Britton/Farthe Baker City Herald
There is a test with a funny name that can assess your strength from head to toe. It's called the Bunkie test and consist soffour different exercises. "Ittestsnearly every muscle you have," said physical therapist Kim Zinn, who works at St. Alphonsus Rehabilitation Services in Baker City.
Judy Chamard, left, and Mary Nicolson test their lateral strength. This position is also called a side plank. To test, lift the top leg and hold until it fatigues.
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