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• MID-DECEMBER: 23 • FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER: 20 • THANKSGIVING WEEKEND: 14 • CHRISTMAS EVE: 4
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The current question is: "Should ODOT remove the traffic signal at10th and C streets?"
A Baker City woman who fabricated a story about a dog in her care that was injured lastsummer and delayed seeking careforit has been placed on two years' probation and ordered to pay nearly $6,000 in medical bills for the injured dog. M arcia Shelynn Studebaker,30,pleaded guilty to second-degree animal neglect, a Class A misdemeanor, in a plea agreement with the District Attorney's OIIIce. A second chargeofinitiating a falsereport,a ClassC misdemeanor, was dismissed. See Probation/Page 8A
Oregon, 5A WASHINGTONSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., praised the release of a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence reportTuesday that concluded CIA officials repeatedly misled theWhite House, the Department of Justice, Congress and the American public about the eff ectivenessand practices of its post-9/11 torture program. The heavily redacted summary of the report — more than 500 pages long, years in the rnaing and the subject of intense fighting between the CIA and its congressional overseers — described numerous incidents where CIA torture did not produce unique, actionable information that thwarted attacks and saved lives, as defenders of the agency's "enhanced interrogation" program long claimed.
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A federalprogram thatbrings about $700,000 per year to Baker County's coffers might be a casualty in Congress' budget wars, but the county's top elected official isn't wor-
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Fred Warner Jr., outgoing chairman of the county's Board of Commissioners, cites two reasons for his confidence in the county's ability to weather the potential end of the Secure
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Nation, 7A BILLINGS, Montana (APj — Congress is poised to make an end-run around the Endangered Species Act with a legislative rider on a massive spending bill that would delay protections for several struggling bird populations in theWestern U.S. The rider blocks the Interior Department from spending money on rules to protect greater sage grouse and three related birds.
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Eloise Dielman holds a 102-year-old dress that features stories and headlines from the Feb. 15, 1912, issue of the Baker Herald newspaper.
Valentine's Day — is recognized each year as Oregon's birthday. The dress was sent to the The origin of the 102-year-old Dielmans fiom Claire Heilner dress isn't a mystery — it's the Freedman of Provo, Utah. why part that no one knows for sure. Gary was told that Claire reGary and Eloise Dielman received the dress fiom her father, ceived, by ma il ,adressthatwas Sanford Heilner. He said her printed with the Feb. 15, 1912, grandfather, Sigmund Heilner, edition of The Baker Herald. was the founder of the Neuberg"Itprobablywas forStatehood er-Heilner store in Baker City. Day," Eloise said. Both Gary and Eloise are Oregon became a state on Feb. involved in preserving local history. 14, 1859. That day — Feb. 14, By Lisa Britton
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Gas prices have dipped below the $3-pergallon threshold locally for the first time in more than four years, and the plunge probably isn't finished. The recent precipitous drop in crude oil prices, which is reflected in the price at the gas pump, could continue, although it's difficult to say where the bottom might be, said Marie Dodds, director of government and public affairs for AAA of Oregon/Idaho. SeeGas Prices/Page 2A
IlDST,citysaytralic liohtat1llthand C notneeded By Joshua Dillen ldillen©bakercityherald.com
The traffic signal at 10th and C Streets is getting the axe pending a two-week comment period starting today. The Oregon Department of Trans-
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He dedicated 20yearstohelp organizehistoricphotosatthe Baker County Library with othervolunteers,and several years ago established an online database that now contains 8,000 images (view these at www.bakerlib.orgl. Also, since 1981 he has published more than 60 articles about Baker County history (accessible online at http//bakerlib.org/photoarchive¹section-3l. SeeDress/Pcge 10A
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TO D A T Issue 91, 26 pages
portation (ODOTl plans to remove the pedestrian-operated signal, which was installed in 1973 but is no longer needed, according tooffi cialsfrom ODOT and Baker City. ODOT is the lead agency because thatsection of10th Streetispartof
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Highway 30. ODOT spokesman Tom Strandberg encouragespeople to contacthim if they have any comments about the proposed removal. ODOT actually turned off the signal, and strapped bags around the
lights, on Sept. 24. ''We have not received any questions or complaints since the signal was turned off and covered up back in September," ODOT traflic analyst Don Fine said in a press release. See SignalI Page10A
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