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The Baker City Council considered a partnership that would fund repairs at Sam-0 Swim Center when it met Tuesday night. Randy Daugherty, Budget Committee chair and Baker Garage owner, proposed to the Council that the City, the Sam-0 Committee, the YMCA and a private group organized by Daugherty each contrib-
The local Intergroup of Overeaters Anonymous will gather for a Skype meeting atnoon Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the Always Welcome Inn, 175 Campbell St. In recognition of International Day of Experiencing Abstinence, members will tell about the plan of eating that is used to arrest the temptation to overeat. The group offers unconditional acceptance and support to others through OA meetings, which are self-supporting through members' voluntary contributions.
uteup to $3,000 apieceto replace the showers, with the City being responsible for any costs over $12,000 to repair the showers. One condition of his proposal was that the shower projectbe completed by Feb. 1, 2016. City Manager Mike Kee said he has confirmed that the YMCA will commit $3,000 whether or not the City accepts the plan.
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Red Cross blood draw is Nov. 16 The next American Red Cross blood drive in Baker City is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 16. Blood will be drawn from noon to 6 p.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church, 2130 Fourth St. To schedule an appointment, call Colleen Brooks at 541-523-4650.
Thanksgiving food drive set PayneWest Insurance is joining St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in a food drive to benefit community residents who might need extra help this Thanksgiving. Items being accepted are canned and packaged food, soups and broth, rice and pasta and onions, apples and oranges. Items that may be frozen, such as dinner rolls or chicken, also are welcome, according to a flier advertising the food drive. To participate, bring contributions to the PayneWest Insurance office at 2001 Main St., byThursday, Nov. 19, to allow the church time to organize and prepare the food baskets.
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On Veterans Day one local veteran is impressed and amazed at how much children honor and recognize those who have served this country. "To me, I look to the youth," said Sgt. Bobby Henshaw, Veterans of Foreign Wars iVFWl Post 3048 commander, as he neared the end of his speech to a crowd of about 40 people gathered on the Courthouse lawn. "To me, today, what it means to be a veteran is somebody to look up to," Henshaw said. Amid a light smattering of falling snowflakes Wednesday morning, Henshaw was emotionally charged as he spoke to the crowd attending the Veterans Service. VFW Post 3048 Chaplain Austin Coates led a prayer to begin the service in which he asked the audience to join him in praying for veterans both living and dead who have served their country in the armed forces. "Accept our thanksgiving for their sacrifices and for
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the sacrifices of their families which have purchased for us a free land," he said. "Cause us never to take for grantedtheir devotion to liberty." Coates concluded the prayer by asking that those veterans who are living be granted joy and fulfilment and for peaceto be granted to those who are at rest. VFW member Jerry Shaw introduced Henshaw after thanking Coates for leading the prayer. After commenting on the snowflakes that had started falling again for the second time that day, Henshaw said he would make his speech short and sweet. The six-year combat veteran who has served in both Iraq and Afghanistan quoted from a submission for a scholarship the VFW sponsors. "Patriotism is a father and mother at war defending and protecting the United States of America so that one day their child will grow up to be whoever he or she wants to be," Henshaw said.
The Baker Bulldog mascot was on hand to send out a"Let's Do Breakfast" messagetomiddle school students Monday. The school is one of more than 30 in Oregon representing 12,000 students competing in the School Breakfast Challenge in an effort to bring more kids to the table for a morning meal. Alison Killeen, Community Engagement manager for Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon, visited the Baker Middle School Monday as part of a swing through the stateto help schoolspromote theirbreakfast programs. Her organization has S. John Collins /BakerCity Herald joined forces with the Oregon Baker Middle School students, Adrianna Gatley, center, and Winter Cloye, take advanDairy Council and the Ortage of the breakfast offerings earlier this week. Alayna Carpenter, BMS employee, egon Department of Educakeeps track of the number of students participating and what they take. Monday's tion to encourage students to breakfast was a breakfast burrito, apple and milk. take advantage of the healthfulbreakfastmeals served at students eating breakfast as t h at state that more than one they don't know where their their schools. next meal will come from. a way to help ensure their in f o u r kids in Oregon are Killeen is eager to see more success. She cites statistics "food insecure," which means See Breakfast/Page 6A
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Oooh, that smell ... Many local residents are claiming that odoriferous marijuana gardens in Baker City are offensive and even negativelyeffect their health. At their Tuesday meeting, Baker City councilors had a discussion and heard public testimony about marijuana odor in town. Police Chief Wyn Lohner explained that there have been several complaintsabout odors from marijuanagrows. "When they start to bud out, the odor that is coming from those buds can be fairly overpowering if you are living right next to it,"he said. Lohner said Pendleton and Medford have adopted ordinances that address marijuana odor. He said he was bringing the issue before councilorsto see if they wanted to address the issue and possibly createa marijuana odor ordinance in the future. "I think we're going to get more and more complaints," Lohner said. "It's going to be something that Council is going to need to tackle at some point and make a decision one way or the other," he said. See Odor/ Page2A
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