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TRICK OR TREATING DOWNTOWN Historic Baker City lnc. is inviting kids and their parents to come
• Write-in votes, which will afI'ect the Baker City Council race and possibly the Baker County Commission chairman race, probably won't be available until early in the week after Nov. 4 election
downtown Fri-
day afternoon for trick-or-treating at
businesses. The event, as in past Halloweens, will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Main Street will be closed to traffic during the
By Jayson Jacoby
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burn Avenue and Broadway Street.
The last election in Tami Green's 14-year stint as Baker County Clerk might be the most complicated. It definitely will be among the more frustrating for Green, the county's chief elections offtcer. The reason, she said, is that she won'tbe ableto provide prompt results on election night for two of the races that voters will be watching keenly. G re e n Those are the Baker City Council race, and the position of Baker County Commission chairman. The issue is that write-in votes will definitely matter in the City Council race, and they might affect the commission chairman race. And with potentially hundreds of write-in votes to count in those two races as well as several others in outlying communities and special districts, even the preliminary tallies won't be available until several days after election day, Nov. 4, Green said.
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Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscriber Hallie Spivey of Baker City.
BRIEFING
Natural gas rates rising by less than 1 percent Baker City residents who heat their homes with natural gas will pay slightly more for their fuel this winter. The Oregon Public Utility Commission on Tuesday approved a request from Cascade Natural Gas to boost its rates by 0.8 percent for residential customers. That will increase the average bill by about 38 cents per month. Cascade will increase rates for commercial customers by 0.3 percent, and for industrial customers by 3.7 percent. The new, higher rates will take effect Nov. 1. Cascade's customers will see a smaller increase than customers of the two other natural gas companies that operate in Oregon. Avista Utilities, which supplies gas to customers in Union County, is increasing its residential rate by 78 percent starting Nov. 1. Northwest Natural Gas, which operates in Northwestern Oregon, is boosting its residential rate by 2 percent.
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A MayDay fundraiser to help "Strike Out Abuse" drew people to Elkhorn Lanes in Baker City Saturday to participate in cosmic bowling. In Halloween costumes as two nerds are Shelby Griffith, left, and NovaLee Shoemaker. At right is Kerrie Fast as a snooty teenager. The event offered a silent auction, raffles, door prizes and prizes for best costumes. Proceeds from the event will help support MayDay programs for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse.
cosmic bowling fundraiser
A Saturday afternoon and
evening at Elkhorn Lanes in
Baker City raised $2,055 for MayDay Inc., the nonprofit organization that helps victims of sexual and domestic violence and elder abuse. The bowling event itself, which pitted teams of six against one another, raised $736 in entry fees, said Mark Bogart, a spokesman for MayDay. Raffle tickets for a snowblower donated by Sears brought in
another $260. The remainder — $1,059-
The bowling event was a vital source of income for Maywas raised by otherraffle and Day after the organization's silent auction items. annual softball tournament These included a pair of tick- was canceled, Bogart said. etsfortheOregon vs.Colorado The funds will help pay for football game Nov. 22 at Autzen advocacy staffmg at MayDay. Stadium in Eugene. MayDay's office is at 1834 The tickets were donated by Main St. The office phone is Pacific Empire Radio Group. 541-523-9472. eWe're very grateful to our A crisis line is available 24 donors, bowlers,and the particihours a day at 541-523-4134 or pants in the raffle and auction," tollf ree at1-888-213-4131. Bogart said.'Their generosity and enthusiasm made it a Director Milli Joseph's email great evening." address is milli@maydayorg.
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Baker City has bought a parcel near Wade Williams Park that city officials plan to use as a parking area at one end of a new section of the Leo Adler Memorial Parkway. City Manager Mike Kee told city councilors during their meeting Tuesday that the city bought the property, at 945 Resort St., for
$3o,ooo.
The previous owner was Woody Hauter of Baker City, who died Feb. 25 of this year. The 7,500-square-foot parcel, which includes an"uninhabitable" home that will be removed, is southeast of Wade Williams, Kee said. The city wants to build a section of the paved parkway from Myrtle Street south along the Powder River ending at the newly acquired parcel, Kee said. SeePathlPage 5A
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Tom Montoya's already in the building, in fact. That's the David J. Wheeler Federal Building in Baker City, where Montoya has worked as the
Unlike his recent predecessors, the new supervisor of the WallowaWhitman National Forest won't have to move far to get to his new
Wallowa-Whitman's deputy supervisor since August 2011. As of Monday, Montoya will remove the "deputy" from his title. SeeMontoyalPage 8A
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