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Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscriber David Bowers of Baker City.

Oregon, SA Gubernatorial candidate Dennis Richardson made a quick stop in Bend on Saturday, rallying with supporters at the Deschutes County Republican headquarters10 days ahead of the election. Richardson, a sixterm member of the state House from Central Point, is seeking to unseat Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber, who is looking to win a record fourth term. While most polling has shown Richardson trailing Kitzhaber for most of the year, a recent poll conducted for PortlandTV station KATU suggested he may now be leading, at least among voters who say they've been closely following the news about Kitzhaber's fiancee, Cylvia Hayes.

• Gusts as strong as 54 mph recorded at the Interpretive Center Lisa Briston/lor the Baker City Herald

Lynn Scarfo, left, who works at St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City, administers a flu shot toTracy Lovisone.

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Sports, 3C The San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 5-0 Sunday to take a 3-2 lead in the World Series. The Series continues Tuesdaywith Game 6 in Kansas City.

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Flu season is here, and Lynn Scarfo wants to remind people that influenza is indeed a serious illness. "Even healthy people can get it and die from it, "shesaid. Scarfo works at St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City in employee health and clinical education. Each year, the severity of the flu season variesdepending on thevirusstrains. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention iCDCl, during the past 30 years flu-associated deaths in the United Stateshave ranged from a low of3,000 toa

BRIEFING

Navy veteran to speak in Baker Jeff Heiser, a U.S. Navy veteran, will share his story of overcoming post-traumatic stress disorder, thoughts of suicide and substance abuse in several events in Baker County in early November. Heiser, who is president and owner of Media Fish Productions LLC in Florida, will speak at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at the Harvest Christian Academy assembly. At6p.m. on Nov.5 Heiser will be at Heart 'N Home Hospice at 337010th St. in Baker City. On Sunday, Nov. 9, he will speak at 2 p.m. at the Richland Community Center and at 6 p.m. at the Baker Nazarene Church, 1250 Hughes Lane. On Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, Heiser will speak on the front steps at the Baker County Courthouse, 1995Third St.

WEATHER

Today

50I 25 Mostly cloudy

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54I 33 Chance of showers

high of 49,000. The CDC recommends that everyone who is 6 months of age and older get a flu vaccine every year. See FluIPage8A S. John Collins/BakerCity Herald

Crews removed tangled sheets of metal roofing this morning at D&B Supply in Baker City. Powerful winds Saturday night peeled about half of the roof off the building at 3515 Pocahontas Road.

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Winds gusting to gale force buffeted Baker County Saturday night, snapping tree limbs, causing power outages and ripping offabout halfofthe metalroofat the D&B SupplyStorein Baker City. Gusts peeled off the roofing about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, after thestore,at3515 Pocahontas Road, was closed, manager Jim Bjork said this morning. A Baker City Police officer reported the damage after driving by the store and noticing what Bjork described as a"mountain of tin" on the east side of the store between the building and 17th Street. Police called Bjork on his cell phone, and he had a contract crew working Saturday night to clear the debris. The store opened as usual on Sunday morning, and crews will continue hauling away the roofing today, Bjork said. 'Then we can get going on putting on a new roof'he said. D&B is in the midst of a remodeling of the building,

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GUSTY WEEKEND Peak wind gusts at sites around Baker County, all recorded Saturday: • BAKER CITYAIRPORT

44 mph,7 p.m. •OREGON TRAIL INTERPRETIVECENTER

54 mph,9 p.m. •MORGAN MOUNTAIN (north of Huntington)

39 mph,9 p.m. • HAINES

38 mph,4 p.m. • BLUE MOUNTAIN (near Old Auburn Lane)

37 mph, 8 p.m. includinginstalling new siding and awnings, Bjork said. The store leases the building iom Bob and Linda Haynes,he f said.

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The loss of the metal roofing didn't result in significant water damage,fortw oreasons,Bjork said. First, an olderasphaltroof under the metal wasn't damaged, and it leaked in just a few places. Second, little rain fell during and after the storm. The metal roofing caused "minimal damage" to a fence outside the store, Bjork said. ''We got lucky," he said. Oregon Trail Electric Cooperativereported on itsFacebook page Saturday that"the weather has kept our crews busy today. We've had outages in Union, Baker and Grant counties due to the weather and high winds." There were five outages in Baker County Saturday, but none affected more than 10 customers, Jim Horan of OTEC said. The southerly winds were the vanguardofa cold fiontbrought the coldestair oftheseason to Baker County. Snow fell as low as 4,000 feet Sundaynightand the temperatureatthe airportdipped to 21.

Council to consider

application for beer growler business The Baker City Council during its meeting Tuesday will consider whether to endorse a liquor license application for a proposed business that would sell beer both on the premises and fill growlers for customers. Thomas Ewing, of 42319 Salmon Creek Road, wants to open Beerded Dog Growler Station at 1805 Valley Ave., between Main and Resort streets. The City Council, which doesn't have the final say in granting liquor licenses ithat rests with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission) meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St. In a report to the City Council, Police Chief Wyn Lohner wrote that Ewing plans to have seating inside the building but that his main business would be filling growlers. Those are bottles, either glass or stainless steel, that customers can have filled with beer and then take home.

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