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Three people were killedTuesday afternoon near Union when the SUV they were in was struck by a freight train at a road crossing.
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Baker City Scouts will be picking up Christmas trees the morning of Saturday, Jan. 2 beginning at 9 a.m. Residents can leave their tree near the curb in plain view from the road. Scouts will collect the trees and deliver them to bins, donated for use by Baker Sanitary Service. Baker Sanitary Service will utilize their equipment and facilities to recycle the trees. Donations for this service are appreciated, but not required. They may be placed in an envelope and attached to the front door of the residence where Scouts can retrieve it. Checks can be made payable to II
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Contributions will stay local, supplementing Baker County scouting activities, camping and supply purchases. For more information, contact Emily Braswell, Eastern Oregon District Executive, at 541-5197677, or search "baker city Christmas tree pick up" on Facebook.
Snow piles are a fact of winter life in Sumpter, 28 miles southwest of Baker City. Snow-coated Mount Ireland looms in the background, at left.
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The yardstick has resumed its customary role as the necessary snowm easuring devicefor a couple of Baker County's more blizzard-prone towns. The past few winters, by contrast, the puny ruler, the foot-long instrument that elementary students store in their pencil boxes, would have sufficed to keep track of snow depths in Sumpter and Halfway. This year, though, to plunge a ruler into a drift in either place would be to risk losing the thing until spring. "This is getting to be a normal winter, instead of being almost a drought," said Leland Myers, who has lived in Sumpter for about half a century. Myers said the snow depth reached 30 inches earlier this month before settling slightly. Two and a half feet of snow would of course qualify as an abnormal accumulation of snow in most places.
One more step has been completedin the processthat aims to build an animal shelter in Baker City. New Hope for Eastern Oregon Animals has created a capital campaign plan that focuses on a financial strategy to raise money to build the shelter. Jeanie Dexter, chair of New Hope's board ofdirectors,said the plan is an important and necessary step in the planning of the facility that is projected to be constructed in 2019. "It is an important next step in launching our fundraising campaign," Dexter said."Inorder gooutto grantors and ask for sums of money in order to build the shelter ,we'vegottohave a plan in place for making the project a success." One part of the plan is to show potential grant providers that the community stands behind the project. Dexter said substantial local donations will broaden grant opportunities. See Shelter/Page 8A BAII',ER CITY COUNCIL
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Snow drifts line the streets and sidewalks in Halfway, including around the Pine Valley Presbyterian Church.
"This is getting to be a normal winter." moisture-laden Pacific storms and wring — Leland Myers, longtime Sumpter resident
But prodigious snows are among the climatic characteristics that define Sumpter, 28 miles southwest of Baker City, and Halfway, 53 miles northeast. Each town owes its snowy reputation largely to its proximity to mountains — the Elkhorns in Sumpter's case, the Wallowas in Halfway's. Both ranges are tall enough, with peaks surpassing9,000 feet,to intercept
out much of their precipitation. Halfway, for instance, gets an average of 21.4 inches of moisture annually — almost exactly twice as much as the Baker City Airport. Sumpter also has an elevation advantage over most towns in Baker County. At 4,400 feet — 1,000 feet higher than Baker City — Sumpter's winter temperatures typically are cold enough for snow. SeeSnowy IPage 6A Photo by Karen Kain
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Correction:Jim Carnahan's phone number was incorrect in a story in the Dec. 23 issue of GO! magazine. Carnahan, president of the Powder River Dance Club, can be reached at 541-350-7546.
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Baker City's seven-member City Council is still short one member. The level of interest in that vacancy has been short as well. As of this morning, the city had not received any applications for the position, which has been vacant for more than a month. The city is accepting applications through noon on Jan. 7 fortheposition leftvacant when R. Mack Augenfeld resigned. Health reasons prompted him to step down before the Council's Nov. 24 meeting. Luke Yeaton, the city's human resources manager, saidthisisa greatopportunity and an important role for a community member who would like to contribute to positive change in Baker City. See Council IPage 2A
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BAKER COUNTY CALENDAR THURSDAY, DEC. 31 • Never Miss A Chance to Dance:The Powder River Dance Club meets, 6:30 to 8 p.m.,Veterans of Foreign Wars Club, 2005Valley Ave.; more information is available by calling 541-524-9306. TUESDAY, JAN. 5 • Free Health Insurance Seminar:Noon to 7 p.m., at the Building Healthy Families Center,2725 Seventh St.; more information is available by calling 541-403-4421; health insurance options for all income levels will be discussed. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6 • Baker County Commission Meeting:9 a.m., at the Courthouse in the Commission Chambers, 1995Third St. TUESDAY JAN. 12 I Baker City Council Meeting:7p.m., at Baker City Hall, 1655 Second St. THURSDAY, JAN. 14 • Never Miss A Chance to Dance:The Powder River Dance Club meets, 6:30 to 8 p.m.,Veterans of Foreign Wars Club, 2005Valley Ave.; more information is available by calling 541-524-9306. FRIDAY, JAN. 15 • Live Music by KeithTaylor:Ragtime piano, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Crossroads Art Center, 2020Auburn Ave.
TURNING BACK THE PAGES 50 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald December 30, 1965 The television viewer's guide for the standard Red Cross first aid plan to begin Jan. 4 is now available at the chapter office in the Antlers Hotel building on First St., a BakerRed Cross Chapterspokesman saidtoday. The class will be televised over Portland Channel10 nextTuesday at 7 p.m. and will continue eachTuesday at that time for a period of10 weeks. 25 YEARS AGO from the Democrat-Herald December 31, 1990 Baker City has been targeted for development of a future Hampton Inn motel, according to Ray Schultz, president and chief executive officer. 10 YEARS AGO from the Baker City Herald December 30, 2005 Blend Hawaii's moisture with Baker County's chilly winter air and you'd get — well, exactly whatyou got Friday morning. Enough raw material to assemble an army of slushy snowmen. Or mix a mess of margaritas for NewYear's Eve festivities.
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Continued ~om Page1A Given that the vacancy is for a partial term that ends Dec. 31, 2016, appointment to the positioncould be a possible advantage for someone who isn't sure they want to commit to a full twoor four-year term as a city councilor. "If anyone wants to dabble in local government, thisisthe perfectopportunity to gettheirtoes wet," Yeaton said. This is the second vacancy on the Baker City Council this year. Ben Merrill resigned in September. The six remaining councilors appointed Sandy Lewis to replace Merrill in October. Lewis echoes Yeaton's thoughts about a possible advantage in pursuing an appointment in this case. "Itgives you a chance to dabble— to learn about the process," she said."I hope someone givesita shot." Lewis said the appointed councilor would have a chance to see how they like being a public official without committing to a full term — and without having to go through the election process. Although she said it can be frustrating at times, Lewis has enjoyed being a councilor. "It's been very fulfilling in spite of being a beginner," she said."I still ask a lot of questions." Lewis also likes that she has learned what it takes to keep the city running. She has enjoyed seeing how the government process works as well as beingpart ofit. Depending on what items are on the Council agenda, Lewis spends on average a few hours a week researching the issues she faces as a councilor. "It doesn't take much of my time," she said. Those interested in applying for the volunteer positionmust be registered votersin Oregon who have lived within the city limits for the 12 months preceding the appointment. The six councilors hope to appoint a new member at their Jan. 12 meeting. Applications can be downloaded at http://bakercity.com/2168/City-Council. The completed application along with a letter ofinterestcan befaxed to 541-524-2024,emailed to lyeaton@bakercity.com or dropped off at Baker City Hall, 1655 First St. For more information call Luke Yeaton at 541524-2033.
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SENIOR MENUS • THURSDAY:NewYear's Eve Prime rib dinner; advance tickets required; parslied potatoes, tomato green beans, pea-and-onion salad, roll, peach crisp • NEWYEAR'S DAY:Senior Center closed for the holiday. Public luncheon at the SeniorCenter,2810 Cedar St., 11:30 a.m.to 12:30 p.m.; $4 donation (60 and older), $6.25 for those under 60.
PORTLAND — An Oregon woman who was granted clemency by President Barack Obama has been released from prison after serving more than halfher 30-year sentence. Oregon Public Broadcasting
reports 4ttp//goo. gVcqr321 l that Angie Jenkins was released from federal prison in California Tuesday. Federal defender Steve Sady, who helped Jenkins fi le her request for clemency, says the woman was picked up by familyand headed to a halfway house. Jenkins was sentenced to 30 years for manufacturing methamphetamine in Klamath Falls. She served nearly 17 years behind bars. The Obama administration had said it wants to free people who were sentenced under old, harsher drug laws. Inmates who have served at least10 years and demonstrated good behavior in prison are eligible for clemency.
Coast Guard rescues teen from ocean ledge TILLAMOOK — A teen is recovering from his injuries after he got stuck on a rock ledge in the ocean near Tillamook and was rescued by the Coast Guard. KATU-TV reports 4ttp J/goo.
gV2RLu6Q l that 18-year-old Chris Henley says he and his friends had finished hiking at Cape Lookout Saturday when he climbed down near the water and was pulled in by the tide. Henley says he suffered multiple cutstohislegs ashestruggled to stay afloat. The teen was eventually able
Joanne Brown Joanne Beverly Brown, 87, of Baker City was found deceased outside her home on Dec. 26, 2015. A celebration ofher life will be announcedata laterdate. Joanne was born on Aug. 21, 1928, at Lincoln, Nebraska, to Leslie and Evelyn iBorrowl Perrigo. She attended high school in Fruitland, Idaho, and worked as a florist for 15 years at Chaves Food Land and then later at the Flower Box. Joanne also was the Baker County Librarian; retiring after 20 yearsofservice. In her free time Joanne liked oil painting, birdwatching, horseback riding, hiking, and exploring places off the beaten track. Survivors include her son and daughter in-law, Robert and Marci Brown ofJohn Day,daughter and son in-law, Janine and Bob Lick of La Grande, and her sister, Shirley Schrank of Twin Falls,
Idaho. Joanne also leaves behind seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Eileen Naher. Memorial contributions may be made totheBaker County Library through Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. To light a candle for Joanne visit us at www.grayswest.com
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James "Jim" Griffin, 86, of Baker City, died Dec. 25, 2015. Jim was born on Feb. 28, 1929, at Flint, Michigan, to Frank and Mary Griffin. Jim graduated from Pendleton High School. After graduation, he joined the United States Navy/Air Force, serving for four years during the Korean conflict and was stationed in North Alrica for most ofhis military career.
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DEATHS Drexel Lewis "Rex" Calhoun: 89, of Baker City, died Dec. 28, 2015, at Beehive Homes Residential Care Facility in Baker City. No services are currently planned. Gray's West Bc Co. Pioneer Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements. Go to www.grayswest.com to light a candle for Rex or leave a remembrance for his family. Robert "Bobby" Chastain: 82, died Dec. 28, 2015, at Meadow View Assisted Living in Emmett, Idaho. His funeral will be Monday, Jan. 4 at 11 a.m. at Pine Valley Presbyterian Church in Halfway. Interment will be at
Pine Haven Cemetery. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception immediately following at the Presbyterian Fellowship Hall. Donations may be made to the Halfway Little League throughTami's Pine Valley Funeral Home, PO. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences may bemade at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com
BIRTHS DuPree: Clerisa and Ben Humphries, Baker City, 10:46 p.m., Sept. 14, 2015, at St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City, a girl, Belleneigh AnnaRose
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PORTLAND — Oregon bakery owners who denied service to a same-sex couple have paid $135,000in state-ordered damages — after refusing to do so for nearly six months. The Bureau of Labor and Industries says Aaron Klein, co-owner of the Portland-area
bakery, dropped off a check Monday for $136,927.07. That includes accrued interest. Klein
also paid $7,000 earlier this month. Damages were awarded in July for emotional suffering caused by Sweet Cakes by Melissa, which two years ago refusedtomake a wedding cake for Laurel and Rachel Bowman-Cryer. The bakers saidtheirrefusalwas prompted by religious beliefs. A 2007 Oregon law protects the rightsofgays,lesbians,bisexual and transgender people in employment, housing and public accommodations. The stateruled italso barsprivate businesses from discriminating againstpotential customers. Klein's lawyer Anna Harmon could not be reached for comment. — Compiled from Ttu, Associated Press
He was employed by Cal-Wood Doors in Santa Rosa,California,for 22 yearsthen"retired"to Baker City. Jim always said,"I moved to Baker City because the hunting Ji m Griffin and fishing was better up here." Jim is survived by his daughter, Mary Tarkowski of Baker City; sons: James D. Griffin of Stevensville and Montana, J.F. Griffin of Baker City; seven grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. For those who wish to make a donation in memory of Jim, the family suggests either the Wounded Warrior Project or the Baker City Veterans of Foreign Wars, through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, Oregon 97834. Online condolences may be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome. com
Humphries, 6 pounds, 5 ounces; grandparents are Tawnia Humphries and Amie KenickPickett.
POLICE LOG Baker City Police Arrests, citations THIRD-DEGREETHEFT: Joshua Gerald Vanderpoel, 2380 East St., 2:32 p.m. Tuesday in the 1500 block of Campbell Street; cited and released. CONTEMPT OF COURT (Baker County Circuit Court warrant): Lucas Buddy Gwin,30, 1975 Birch St., 2:49 p.m. Tuesday at his home;jailed.
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to grab onto a rock ledge, where he stayed until firefighters used jet skis to reach him. Henley was taken to calmer water and the Coast Guard hoisted him up to a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. The Astoria-based Jayhawk crew had been in the area for a training exercise.
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ONE YEAR AGO from the Baker City Herald December 31, 2014 A Baker City woman who allegedly tried to hire someone to kill her ex-boyfriend had a restraining order against the man earlier this year and had accused of him of pointing a gun at her. Emily Alicia Munsell, 24, of 1356 Dewey Ave., was arrested Friday night after offering money to a Baker City Police detective in a telephone sting. Munsell is charged with one count of solicitation to commit murder, a Class A felony. Baker City Police became involved on Friday afternoon when Munsell's male cousin called police dispatch and said Munsell had asked him to help her make her exboyfriend, who is also the father of her son, "disappear," according to a report from Det. Jay Lohner of the Baker City Police.
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A free seminar to explain health insurance options at all income levels is set for Jan. 5 in Baker City. Certified assistants will be available from noon to 7 p.m. at the Building Healthy Families center, 2725 Seventh St. ithe former North Baker School). More information is available by calling 541-403-4421.
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Three people diedTuesday afternoon when a freight train collided with an SUV at this crossing near Union.
3killellintrain-SI)UcrashnearIlnion Three people were killed Tuesday afternoon near Union when the SUV they were riding in was struck by a freight train at a road crossing. The accident happened about 2:54 p.m. at the Miller Lane crossing off Curtis Road, according to Oregon State Police. A blue Jeep Cherokee was crossing the tracks when it was struck by an eastbound
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any witnesses to the crash, besidesthe train crew. "The train has a camera system," he said, noting that the footage will go to Union Pacific headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska, to be downloaded. Hove expects OSP to gain possession of the video in about a week. The train did not derail, and none of the workers on the train was hurt. It's unclear whether the
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not have a future," Haines said. Continued ~om Page1A the shelter will Both organizations utilize a "Grantors are more likely provide a longer resource comprising netto approverequestsifwecan time period to works of people who foster show that the community is allow for the and take care of cats and dogs behind the project," Dexter adoptionof Hain e s until they can be adopted. said. animals trom They coordinate with other The shelter will cover an impound facility. Curshelters and organizations more than 6,000 square feet rently stray dogs are brought tofoster and getanimals and costan estimated $1.6 to Baker Animal Clinic and adopted across the region. million. may be euthanized after five New Hope has been pursuThe capital plan outlines days there. ing the construction of an strategies forseeking funds That longer time period animal shelter to serve Baker that include estimates alsoallows for thereturn of County and City since 2010 of$480,000from grants, lost pets to a family. w hen the non-profi twas "If you are away on vaca$200,000trom localfundraiscreated.In 2014,afundraising efforts, almost $400,000 tion ... what if they don't ing plan was developed that in naming opportunities, reach you when someone includes a detailed floor plan, $500,000 trom in-kind supfinds an animal and they siteplan and colorrenderings don't know whose it is?" portand $50,000 from local ofthefacility to present to governments. Haines said. funding sources. Possible naming opportuHe said a shelter has more The 2.2-acre property nities include plaques featur- time to ascertain who the where the shelter will be ing donors' names, or areas animal belongs if it's not a built is at 3210 K St. in of the facility and even the stray. Baker City, next to the facility itself named in honor Since New Hope iestabnonprofit's current office and of a donor or donors. Dexter lished in 2010l and Best training center. saidthese arejust suggesFriends of Baker Inc. iestabFuture steps in the process tions at this point and will lished in 1990l have been that will lead to the construcbe finalized as fundraising in operation, the numbers tion of the shelter include the efforts move forward. of animals euthanized in hiringofa campaign director In-kind support possibiliBaker County has dropped to to lead fundraising efforts, ties include the donated labor almostzero,Haines said. and thedevelopment ofa oflocalcontractorsand other He said a shelter would business plan. community investments. taketheburden away trom Dexter said a campaign They could also come trom lo- the Animal Clinic and ensure director will be hired somecal governments in the form that no animals would be time in 2016. That person of their donated labor,use euthanized. will begin developing funding of equipment and waiving A shelter would streamline sourcesfor the shelter's permitfees. the process of finding homes construction. Baker City has already for dogs and cats. Currently She said the director will contributed $4,000 toward there is an extensive ongoing also work to identify and sethe construction of the process of communication cure funding streams for the shelter. Baker County has and coordination between the continuing operating costs of chipped in $2,000 and comanimal advocacy organizathe shelter. mitted to another $2,000 in tions in Baker County to find Part of those costs may be the future. homes for unwanted pets. taken care of already. "New Hope and iBest The Leo Brookshier Trust Haines said there is an has donated the land where Friends of) Baker work very oral agreement with the the shelter will be located, closely on animals that end Oregon Department of Coralong with $20,000. up without owners that do rections and Powder River The Leo Adler Founda-
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Jeep passengers wearing seatbelts. Hove said there are no indications thus far that alcohol or other substance was a factor. H ove said trains travel through the Curtis RoadMiller Lane crossing at about 69 mph. Damage at the scene, he said, was consistent with that speed, making investigation more difficult.
By Ted Shorack A Canadian renewable energy company is planning to create a small solar farm about 5 miles south of Redmond andeastof
According to the application,thepropertieswe re cleared and developed for agricultural production, but"due to very marginal soils" the land was never "productive when irri-
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The Saturn Power Corp., based in New Hamburg, Ontario, submitted a permit application to Deschutes County in ¹ vember seeking approval fora nearly 10-megawatt facility, which could potentially generate enough power for about 1,500 homes annually. County planners have asked for more information trom the company beforethe application can be consideredcomplete. The company is expected to submitadditions to the application by early January. The proposal follows the approvaloftwo other similar solar farms east of Bend. Opponents initially appealedthe decision but decided to withdraw the appeal. Some adjoining property owners worried the facilities would be incongruent with the surrounding agricultural landscape. The solar panels are expected to be installed next year. Saturn Corp. owns and operates several renewable energy facilities across Canada, the United States and Turkey, according to Andrea Rabe, an environmental consultant based in Klamath Falls who worked on the application. "They work hard to be good neighbors and make sure everybody is comfortable having them as a neighbor," said Rabe. The proposedfacility would be located on about 96 acresconsisting ofseveralparcelszoned forfarm use. The properties are between the highway and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.
The site is ideal for a solar farm, the application states, because it is flat and lacks tall structures and vegetation that might block sunlight trom the solar panels. The facility would includepanels,invertersto convertvoltage to alternating current, fencing, an underground cable and other infrastructure. A power substatlon is about a half-mile south of the proposed site. Rabe said the company will be generating and selling electricity to Pacific Power. The Redmond Airport is about six miles north oftheproposed facility. An analysis was done to examine potential hazards for pilots if glare is created by the panels. The analysis concluded small planes flying directly overhead the property might encounter a low level of glare at 500 feet during certain times of the day. The small amount of glareisnotconsidered a hazard, Rabe said, and is comparable to natural reflective surfaces such as lakes.
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Correctional facility to have inmates do some of the maintenance and cleaning work at the shelter. "This potential partnership would benefit the inmates and the community," Haines said."It's not accidental it's across the street." The 2.2-acre property slated for the shelter is across 13th Street trom the minimum-security prison. New Hope has a longstanding relationship with the prison through the Powder Pals Program. It allows inmates to learn how to train dogs that have been neglected, abused or are otherwise diflicult to place in homes. The inmates are guided by experienced dog trainers. New Hope can house six dogs at its training facility now. The dogs are available for adoption and have been trained through the Powder Pals Program for a minimum of eight weeks. They have current vaccinations and a health check-up, are microchipped, come with a bag of dog food, a training manual and a training session. The
costtoadoptis$250plus $17.99 forthe microchip. New Hope also has cats and kittens up for adoption. The
feeis $35.AII felines are up to dateon vaccinations and are spayed/neutered. To see animals available for adoption or to apply to adopt one of the Powder Pals dogs visit http J/www.newhopeforanimals.org. Dexter said New Hope is always in need of animal loving volunteers and encourages anyone interested in helping to call 541-403-2710. •
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GUEST EDITORIAL Editorial from The (Bend) Bulletin: Oregon's liquor inspectors can have badges, batons, body armor, handcuffs and pepper spray. They also want guns. They have sought to form a union to give themselves a betterplatform toargue forguns.Buta state administrative judge has ruled against a group called the Oregon Liquor Control Commission Peace 0$cers Association trom forming its own union. Julie Reading, the judge, essentially arguedthatthe responsibilitiesoftheinspectorshasnot changed that dramatically, according to documents and a report in the Portland Tribune. Whether they have their own union or not, they need to provethey have a need fortheguns.The OLCC doesn'tsee the need. The employees shouldn't get them just because they want them. We don't doubt inspectors can get involved in hostile situations. They can feel unsafe. The few examples they have offered don't warrant arming them. One inspector toldthe Portland Mercury he had a beerdumped on him. Another arrested a drunk who was carrying a concealed weapon. There was also something else that the group wanted. It argued because its members have a function much like police, members should be subject to the same anti-strike provisions as police. Why would a group give up the right to strike? We can tell you Oregon has set up a very favorable situation for public employees who can't strike. It gets complicated, but publicemployers arebasically compelled to keep raising salaries and benefits for employees who can't go on strike. That's to get employees across the state with below averagesalariesand benefitscloserto the average.That just keeps moving the average up — regardless of what's going on in the economy. There is no doubt that Oregon's liquor inspectors play an important role in enforcing liquor laws. But they aren't so vital to society thatthey should never be allowed to go on strike. And they have failed to prove the OLCC needs to arm them.
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Your views Foresthealth doesn'thave to mean road closures A new process is workingits way throughout Eastern Oregon that pits localsagainsteach other,itistheconcept of"forest health vs.m otorized access."The model has been seen in the West before. Idahoansand Montanans have seen forests build to unsafe fuel loads with eager "conservationists"willing to plan projects that will relieve the burden of the excessive fuels, if only we are willing destroy roadsattertheprojectsarecompleted.The workis done thmugh service contracts that equate to lawn care services on our public lands. Companies bid on these contracts to implement prescriptions for treatment that are written by the Forest Service, alongwith road destruction.
Two examples playing outin Eastern Oregon that show this process are the Grant County Stewatdship Contract, a massive, multimillion-dollar, single source contract to Iron Triangle that will treat vegetation, and restricts motorized access to thousands of acres ofland. And the East Face Project between La Grande and Baker, which is planning 38 miles ofroad closures. Both equate to nothing more than lawn careservice contracts,exceptin thiscase, once mowing the lawn and weeding the flower garden are complete, they tear out your driveway so you cannot access them anymore. Timber sales do not have to equate to roadcl osures,jobsforourfamiliesdonot have to mean lossofm otorized access.
Roads were built to harvest these lands, for them stay the productive resources we were promised they would be when set aside in the early 1900s. Not the multibillion-dollar drains they have become over thelast30 plusyearsunderthefailed leadership of the Forest Service, who no longerservethepeople,butservetheir own personal agendas. I support vegetative treatments, I support lo~ m i l l jobs, and all the services that come with them, but I do not believe you havetodestroymo torized accessto have jobs or a healthy forest. I ask that if you don't support these restrictions, you becomeacti vein these projectsto speak out against them. John George Bates
CONTACT YOUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS President Barack Obama: TheWhite House, 1600 PennsylvaniaAve.,Washington, D.C. 20500; 202-456-1414; fax 202456-2461; to send comments, go to www.whitehouse.gov/contact. U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley: D.C. office: 313 Hart Senate Office Building,U.S. Senate,Washington, D.C.,20510; 202-224-3753; fax 202-228-3997. Portland office: One WorldTrade Center, 121 S.W. Salmon St. Suite 1250, Portland, OR 97204; 503-326-3386; fax 503-326-2900. Pendleton office: 310 S.E. Second St. Suite 105, Pendleton 97801; 541-278-1129; merkley.senate.gov. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden: D.C. office: 221 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-5244; fax 202-228-2717 La Grande office: 105 Fir St., No. 210, La Grande, OR 97850; 541962-7691; fax, 541-963-0885; wyden.senate.gov. U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (2nd District): D.C. office: 2182
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown: 254 State Capitol, Salem, OR 97310; 503-378-3111; www.governor.oregon.gov. Oregon Legislature: Legislative documents and information are available online at www.leg.state.or.us. State Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario): Salem office: 900 Court St. N.E., H-475, Salem, OR 97301; 503-986-1460. District office: PO. Box 1027, Ontario, OR 97914; 541-889-8866. State Sen. Ted Ferrioli (R-John Day): Salem office: 900 Court St. N.E., S-323, Salem, OR 97301; 503-986-1950. District office: 111 Skyline Drive, John Day, OR 97845; 541-490-6528.
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BAICER GIRLS BASICETBALL AT PARMATOURNAMENT
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The championship at the Parma Girls Holiday Basketball Tournament will be on the line this afternoon when Baker tangles with Soda Springs, Idaho, at Parma High School. Tipoff will be at noon Pacific time. Baker reached the title game by winning quarterfmal and semifinal games Monday and Tuesday. Monday, the Bulldogs i5-4 overall) rolledpast Payette,44-14. Baker coach Mat Sand said the Bull-
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"I'm trying to get the kids to read the floor better. They played well." Brie Sand and Grace Huggins led Baker with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Jayme Ramos added eight points, Kylie Severson six, Madi Hampton four, Cecylee Bruce two, Kaeli Flanagan two and Summer Phillips two. Tuesday, Baker defeated Nyssa, 50-44. Brie Sand led the way with 19 points.
"Brie took charge," said Coach Sand. "Her scoring was balanced throughout all four quarters." Sand said Baker led by 10 to 12 points most of the game before Nyssa made a late run. ''We won with our defense and at the free throw line," Sand said. Huggins and Hampton each added seven points, Severson five, Flanagan four, Kourtney Lehman three, Bruce and Phillips two each, and Hope Collard one. Baker will host Council, Idaho, Saturday at 3 p.m. in JV and varsity action.
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Lurie told fans in an email wideout Jeremy Madin, cut that he decided to make a two-time Pro Bowl guard Evan PHILADELPHIA — GM changeafter"evaluatingthe Mathis and traded quarterChip Kellycostcoach Chip many factors involved in our back Nick Foles and a 2016 Kelly his job. performanceasa team." second-round dratt pick for The Philadelphia Eagles The Eagles also fired Ed Sam Bradfoul. fired Kelly Tuesday night Marynowitz, who was vice He also gave big money with one game leftin his third presidentofplayerpersonnel. in fi'ee agency to running season, dumping the coach/per- Iongtime NFL executive Tom back DeMarco Murray and sonnel boss after missing the Donahoe will assume the mle cornerback Bymn Maxwell. of senior duector ofplayer Murray has been a bust and playoffs in consecutive years. Kelly was released before Maxwell has underperformed. personnel. the finale of a disappointing Kelly gained full contml of Kelly even signed Tim Tebow, season that began with Super personnel decisions last offsea- butreleased him atter he won Bowl expectations. The Eagles son, winning a power struggle the competition for the No. 3 are6-9 aftergoing 10-6tw o with then-general manager quarterbackjob. years in arow. They were Howie Roseman. But Kelly Kellydidn't want players eliminated fiom playoffconten- tore apart a winning team perceivedas"me-fi rst"guys. tion after losing to Washington and several ofhisbold m oves He alienated some ofhis playat home on Saturday night. backfired. ers, though the only ones who Eagles CEO JeSey Lurie Since March 2014, Kelly spoke out against him did it issued a one-sentence statereleased three-time Pro Bowl after they were gone. ment to the media, saying he wide receiver DeSean Jackson, McCoy, the franchise's allappreciates Kelly's contributraded two-timeAll-Pro runtime leadingrusher and a fan tions and wishes him success ning back LeSean McCoy, favorite, made headlines when didn'tre-sign 2014 Pm Bowl going forwauI. he said there's a reason Kelly AP Pro FootballWater
gotrid of"all the good black players." Cornerback Brandon Boykin, who was traded to Pittsburgh, said Kelly was "uncomfortable" amund black players. Other players supported Kelly and moves such as sigrmg Murray and Maxwell contradicted McCoy's daim. But Kelly's reputation took a hit anyway. Shortly after Kelly was fired, Eagles linebacker Emmanuel Acho tweeted:"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Kellyreplaced Andy Reid and led the Eagles to an NFC East title in 2013 after they were 4-12 a year earlier. The Eagles lost at home to New Orleans in the playoffs and m issed thepostseasonin 2014 following a 9-3 start.
Qucksrout WesternOregon after comsetitivefirsthalf By Ron Richmond EUGENE — What looked to be a dress rehearsalfor the startofPac-12 Conference play turned into a performance that was not quite Broadway quality for Oregon on Tuesday night. It also might be that way for a while until the Ducks get their roles squared away. "Until then, we're going to be a work in progress," coach Dana Altman said after Tyler Dorsey scored a season-high 25 points and Elgin Cook had 19 as Oregon finished nonconference play with an 88-60 victory over Western Oregon. Dillon Brooks added 13 points for the Ducks i11-2l, who needed a 20-5 run to take control early in the second half after the W olves i9-1lhad tied thescore at40-40.Cook had 11 points during the run. "I didn't think we were very sharp,"Altman said.'We jumped on them early and then we just got real casual. "I'm a little disappointed in the way that we played, but late we did a lot of good things,
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Baker will play for seventh place today at the Sistersboys basketball tournament.
The Bulldogs i4-6 overall) played Madras, a 71-58loser to Mazama on Tuesday, this morning at 10 o'clock. Monday, Baker lost 5836 to Henley in a quarterfinal contest. 'The game got rough early," said Baker coach Brent Gyllenberg. 'The refs let it go and we did not adjust." Baker trailed just 29-26
Go8leads Cal to win FORT WORTH, Texas iAPl — If Jared Gotf is headed to the NFL early, California's junior quarterback replaced a couple of pretty big names in the record books in his final college game. How about Aaron Rodgers and Marcus Mariota. Gotf threw for 467 yards and six touchdowns and the Bears won in the postseason for the first time in seven years, beating Air Force 55-36 in the Armed Forces Bowl on Tuesday. The 6-foot-4 Gotf was already the season leader two times over in passing yards and touchdowns at Rodgers' alma mater. Now he has Mariota's Pac-12 record for touchdowns with 43 a year after the former Oregon star threw 42 in leading the Ducks to the national championship game.
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SNOWY Continued ~om Page1A Ha5vay, though, stands an outlier to the usual highermeans-snowier situation. Its elevation is modest, at 2,600 feet. Butits location, hard against the southern wall of the Wailowas, puts Ha5vay and the surrounding Pine Valleyin one of the usual paths of mountain-steered snowstorms. Anne Shields has watched a considerable number of those storms since she and her husband, Bill, moved to Ha5vay in 1989. Anne said the current situation — 18 inches to two feet of snow on the ground — feels, and looks, familiar. 'This year is more like the winters when we first moved out here," she said. Knee-deep snow the last week of December is hardly unusual for Ha5vay. "My goodness, we remember one Thanksgiving when we had three feet of snow," Anne said.'%e had fiiends visiting fiom Seattle and their kids had never seen so much snow." The Shieldses, by contrast, were not taken aback by the severity of Ha5vay winters when they arrived. They moved to Baker Countyfi om North Dakota, a staterenowned foritsferocious blizzards.
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But the value of deep snow doesn't lie solely in the water it will supply months from now. More immediately, the ample snow has created ideal conditions for snowmobilers. They're a vital source of wintertime tourism dollarsforthe area,and in particularfor Sumpter. '%e're starting to get quite a few snowmobilers coming through," said Kathy Reedy, who owns the Depot Inn motel in Sumpter. The Sumpter Valley Blue Mountain Snowmobile Club has groomed about 400 miles of trails, including routes in the Greenhorn area and Granite areas, Hale Ranch, elk feeding grounds,Skyline,and the Sumpter Dredge State Park isee more at https J%umptersnowmobileclub.wordpress.coml. Sumpter's allure for snowmobilers isn't just the extensive network of groomed trails. Because it's legal to ride snowmobiles on city streets, riders can literally walk outside and start their trips — no need to load snowmobiles on a trailer and drive to a trailhead. Baker County boasts about 1,000 miles of snowmobile trails. Popular hubs, besides Sumpter, include the Clear Creek Sno-Park near Halfway, Anthony Lakes,and the South Fork Burnt River area near Unity.
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Farm Bureau announces hiring of two new oNcials SALEM — The Oregon Farm Bureau announced the addition of two employees. Tyler Alexander is the Farm Bureau's new governm ent aff airsassociate. Alexander attended Lewis & Clark Law School, where he is a recent graduate. While Alexander in law school, Tyler worked in the U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers' Olfice of Counsel, as a clinical intern for the Western Resources Legal Center, and atDunn Carney,a Portland law fi rm . Additionally, Tyler was the Farm Bureau's law clerk this past spring and has worked on a variety of issues for Bureau prior to joining the team this month. His responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, lobbying members of the Oregon Legislature, building relationships with agency statf, and assisting OFB's policy counsel with legal research. Jacon Taylor is a new regional coordinator/field representative and will be traveling to meetings at Benton, Coos-Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Taylor Klamath-Lake, and Lane County Farm Bureaus to assist those volunteers in bringing new policies forward and addressing the many challenges to agriculture.
Law takingeffect3an.1 could affect Lottery winners who owe SALEM — A new Oregon law effective Jan. 1, 2016, authorizes the Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority to garnish Oregon Lottery prize paymentsgreaterthan $600 torecover overpaymentsofpublicassistance,me dical assistance, and supplemental nutrition assistance. What does this mean to players? If a player claims a Lottery prize greater than $600 with the Lottery, the Lottery must check with DHS/OHA to see if the player owes an overpayment. If the player does, the Lottery is required to hold the prize payment for 30 days to allow DHS/ OHA to garnish the prize to recover the overpayment. How will it work? • DHS/OHA provides the Lottery with the names of people who owe overpayments. When paying a prize greater than $600 with the Lottery, the Lottery will check those names to see if the winner owes an overpayment. • If the winner owes an overpayment, the Lottery will hold the prize payment for 30 days and notify DHS/OHA and the player. • DHS/OHA may then garnish the prize. The Lottery will send a check to DHS/OHA for the amount of the prize or the garnishment, whichever is less. If the winner's prize is greater than the overpayment, the Lottery will pay the winner the balance left after paying the garnishment. • A winner may also voluntarily pay the overpayment. • The Lottery currently collects for delinquent child support. Under the new law, the garnishment for child support is paid before a garnishment for an overpayment. If there is any prize remaining, it will be applied to the garnishment for the overpayment.
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BOISE, Idaho — Fighting the effects of climate change in Great Basin rangeland is drawing togetherfederal,state and private interests to deal with what scientists say isgreaterweather variability causing big swings in forage available for cattle and wildlife. Biomass can triple some years or seedeclines justasgreat,expertssay,and nativevegetation in the region that has survived climate variations for tens of thousands of years now faces challenges from invasive species and wildfires. In the politically red state of Idaho, though, arguments over global warming are generally avoided. "Forget that, we need to mitigate and act," said John Freemuth, a Boise State University professor and public lands expert. Of the many efforts underway, he's leading one with
a $500,000 grant from the U.S Bureau of Land Management to bring together federal,state and tribal entities to find ways to reduce the severity of rangeland wildfires.
"When you gojom green grass to brown grass, your protein and energy values severely decline." — Marty Gill, animal nutritionist and Idaho rancher
The most significant change follows an order by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell in January elevating the importance of rangeland wildfires when it comes toassigning resources. Ranchers have signed up to fight rangelandfi res,and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is experimenting with targeted grazingtoreduce fueland create firebreaks in some areas. But some ranchers have had to pull cattle otf grazing allotments when food ran out early due to lack of moisture. In southwest Idaho and southeast Oregon, a giant rangeland fire last summer will keep ranchers olf grazing allotmentsforyears. "As we think about climate change, I think we do need to consider what does this mean for our ranching community and how arewe going to adapt going forward," said Janice Schneider,
the Interior Department's assistant secretary for Land and Minerals Management."A healthy economy and healthy ecosystem are inextricably linked." Certified animal nutritionist Marty Gill, whose family has ranched in Idaho since the 1880s, said he's seen an increase in ranchers pulling cattle otf rangeland earlier than normal because of lack of forage, resulting in lost income. ''When you go from green grass to brown grass, your protein and energy values severely decline," he said."In the last three or four years in particular, kind of in the Great Basin area, the snowpack has been very, very low." Precipitation in the Idaho portion of the Great Basin was slightly below normal last winter, said Troy Lindquist of the National Weather Service, and severalwarm spellsalsoreduced snowpack. Temperature records kept by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say theaverage temperature for 2011 to 2014 in the Great Basin stateswas 1to 2 degreeswarmer than the previous 100 years. SeeClimate/Page 9B
Business resolutions for 2016 As the year draws to a close, allow me to suggest resolutions for the New Year thatare appropriate forthe leadersofevery size and type oforganization. Many individuals create a list of resolutions. These thoughts are well meaning attemptsto change ourselves or our environment to make the year just ahead less stressful ,m ore productive and overall, better. Only the top executive can creategoals,strategies and plans for the organizationthey are responsiblefor leading. Unfortunately, these resolutions often don't get past the wishful thinking stage and even if they do, the topexecutiverarely shares what they are thinking about how to make the company better. So, for those of you who truly seek significant change, take the time to think through not just the "what to do" but the "why we are doing it" and the "how it will be done" of your resolutions. Please use my list only as a starting point for your thinking and planning: Have a written plan for your organization. It doesn't have to be long and it doesn't even have to consist of many words. It does need to be filled with realistic goals and actions that can actually be accomplished during the year. As the top executive, make a decision to see more clients this year. If they cannot be met with in person, pick up the phone and call them. Calendar those to see and call, and stick with it. Set up a 12-month rolling calendar for your organization. Thisone tooladdresses many communication issues that once you create it you will wonder why you didn't do it before. SeeKeller IPage 9B
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ONTARIO — A series of snowstorms over the Owyhee Basin has resulted in snowpack levels more than twice their normal amount for this time of year. That has given farmers in Eastern Oregon who get their irrigation water fiom the Owyhee Reservoir a reason to be optimistic for the first time in several years. The basin has experienced four straight years of reduced snowpack levels and the 1,800farms that depend on thereservoirhave had their annual water allotment slashed by two-thirds the past two years. Water has stopped flowing through the Owyhee Irrigation District's 400 miles of canals, laterals and ditches in August the past two years, two months earlier than normal. But as of Dec. 24, snowpack in the basin was at 233percent ofnormal forthatdate. "I'm really pleased with what Fm seeing so far," said dairyman and farmer Frank Ausman, a member of the Owyhee Irrigation Distric t'sboard ofdirectors.aWe're sitting quite a bit better at this time than we were the last couple of years." SeeDrought IPrge 2B
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as possi ble,"Freeman said. In the past, Hummingbird PENDLETON — Eric Wholesale has purchased Nelson knew it wouldn't rice, beans and cranberries at be easy when he decided to premium organic prices from Organic sales rose farmers who have started the go organic on his family's 900-acre wheat farm north of from $88 million to process of certification. The Pendleton. $194 million in Oregon goalisto win overmore orNelson, a fourth-generabetween 2007 and 2012, ganic farms to keep up with tionfarmer,talked itover making up 4 percent demand, Freeman said. with his father — former of all farms sales A similar initiative for wheat has also been state Sen. David Nelsonstatewide. Nationally, the organic food launched by Ardent Mills, who wondered how they industry made $39 of Denver, which hopes to would control weeds without herbicide, or how they'd billion in 2015 — an11 double U.S. organic wheat afford organic fertilizer and acres by 2019. Oregon Tilth, percent increase over still turn a profit. But Nelson the previous year. a nonprofit organization that had faith it would work, and helps certify local organic in 2008 Nelson Grade Organfarms, has also signed on as icsharvested itsfi rstorganic a real issue without being a partner. Chris Schreiner, execucrop. able to use Roundup. "I'm very comfortable with In ordertomake itover tivedirector ofOregon Tilth, the hump, Nelson said he said the growing demand what we have done, what we're doing and where we're had to fororganicproducts isbeing getcreativewith going," Nelson said."For me, I his cropping systems. He driven in part by a renewed interest in food and earthsee no need to go back." uses spring grains such as Overall, the number of mustard and barley to break friendly practices. organic farms has declined up soil-borne diseases and From a grower standpoint, in Oregon between 2007 and replenish nutrients underSchreiner said there is a tremendous opportunity for 2012,yettotalorganic acres ground. ''We basically have to nearlyquadrupled over that goingorganic,butrecognizes time, according to the Nacreate our own nitrogen," he it doesn't come without risk. "Their challenge is figurtional Agricultural Statistics sald. Service. ingouta new management Wheat is still the big Organic salesalsorose money-maker on the farm, system and accessing those new markets," Schreiner from $88 million to $194 but Nelson recently started million in Oregon, making up sellingorganic mustard seed said.'We'recommitted to 4 percentofallfarms sales to Barhyte Specialty Foods supporting them and helping in Pendleton as an additional them seize that opportunity statewide. Nationally, the organic food industry made source of revenue. in the marketplace." "Some years are tough, but One of Eastern Oregon's $39 billion in 2015 — an 11 we have made a profit. We're largest irrigated organic percent increase over the still surviving," he said. previous year. growers, Threemile Canyon Despite the demand, A portion of Nelson's wheat Farms in Boardman, now becoming an organic farm goes to Hummingbird Whole- has 7,800 acres in certified organicvegetables.General takes serious time and monsale, a companyin Eugene ey. Fields cannot be sprayed thatdistributes dry organic Manager Marty Myers said with any prohibited chemithey hope to grow that total goods to small independent calsforatleastthree years grocery stores, restaurants to 12,000 acres over the next before they are certified and food processors. two years. organic. Without certificaGeneral Manager Justin Threemile Canyon Farms tion, products won't fetch the Freeman said most of the grows organic sweet peas, same kind of premium price products they buy come trom sweet corn, onions, carrots, western Oregon, but there at the market, which can be potatoes and edamame, is a growing interest among which are mostly sent to the as much as double or more farm's own frozen foods plant depending on the commodity. Eastern Oregon farmers in going organic. The key in Pasco. Frozen products are Nelson said he had help from the U.S. Department of hurdle, he said, is supporting sold primarily to Costco unAgriculturegetting started, derthe brand name Organic growers during that threeby Nature. but even that didn't help pay year transitional phase in all the bills. Organic fertilizer certification. The farmalsodeveloped "It's about finding solutions its first organic dairy earlier costs up to twice as much as forpeople and gettingrisk this year just east of Hermthe conventional stutf, and managing weeds can become out of the equation as much iston, with about 1,300 cows. East Oregonian
DROUGHT Continued ~om Page 1B But Ausman and other farmers said the snow needs to keep falling in order for growers to have an adequate water supply next season. "It's definitely ... a good start but it's a little early to start counting our chickens," Ausman said. OID Manager Jay Chamberlin said the storms have laid down a lot of snow proportionally over the whole watershed, unlike last year when the sparse snow the basinreceived was spotty. "Keep it coming. This feels
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Part of the requirement for an organic dairy is to let cows graze in pasture for at least 120 days outofthe year. Myers said Threemile Canyon first dipped its toes in organic farming in 2002,using fertilizergeneratedtrom the farm's dairies. Without that in-house fertil izersource,Myers said they likely couldn't make the organic operation work. Organic vegetables yield about 75 percent versus conventional methods, though Myers said premium prices make up for the hit. Growing organic means going back in time about 20 year in terms of productionpractices,he said. Sometimes, the only way to manage weeds is to pull them by hand. 'Therearea lotoffarmers who have tried it and didn't like it, for obvious reasons," Myers said.'We feel we can be a low-cost producer. That gives us an advantage over a lotofother producers." On a much smaller scale, Gus Wahner grows organic produce on about one-third of an acre in Stanfield, including tomatoes, basil, cucumber and garlic. Wahner hasbeen farming on andofffor30 yearsat his home, which he's named Way ofLife Farms. Though not certified organic, he said the land hasn't been sprayed since 1970. He raises produce from the greenhouse to the hoop house, and made
By Larry Meyer The (Ontano) Argus Observer
ONTARIO — In the debateover the creation of a national monument in MalheurCounty'sOwyhee Canyonlands, the local opposition, holds up the similarly-sized 1.9 millionacre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah as a reason not to have one. Those opposed to protections of a 2.5 million-acre area in the canyonlands include members of the Task Force in Opposition to the Wilderness/Monument Proposal of the Owyhee Canyonlands. While proponents, including members of Oregon Natural Desert Association, maintain that local industries will not be impacted by a designation,localopponents do not agree, instead saying a designation would greatly impact Malheur County's economic future.
Indeed, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is cited by the Garfield County Commission as a major reason for its county's economic downturn. ''Wedeclared a state of emergency in June," Commissioner Leland Pollock said in an email to the Argus."After 20 years of the monument, the schools have dramatically lost students," he said. Since the Utah monument was designated, enrollment at Escalante High School dropped from 150 to 50, he said. The Grand StaircaseEscalante National Monument was designated in 1996 by President Bill Clinton in recognition of the region's unspoiled natural beauty, according to information trom Headwaters Economics. SeeOwyheelPage9B
Year-end gas prices lowest since 2008 Gasoline prices in the U.S. and Oregon haven't been this low at the end of a year since 2008 gave way to 2009, the AAA auto club reported. The national average has been hovering around $2 per gallonforregularunleaded. Oregon'saverage is$2.36, a result in part of recent refinery problems in California that have pushed that state's average to $2.84, highest in the nation. "Leadinginto2016,the national average isexpected to continue to slide because supply should continue to outpacedemand,"said Marie Dodds, publicaffairsdirector for AAA Oregon/Idaho.'Tight supplies on the West Coast will keep prices in this region volatile." Some Northeastern Oregon figures:
$15 000 in profit last year. Wahner, who serves on the Umatilla County Soil & Water Conservation District, is alongtime advocate of organic farming. He uses an aerobic system to brew his own compost"tea," which he sprays along with a mix of fish, kelp, molasses and sea minerals to create healthy organic soils.
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didthe lastthree years," Chamberlin said."But we have a whole lot of room in an empty bucket. We can take whatever iis sent) us." Farmer Paul Skeen likened the current water situation to being early in a football game. While farmers areleading,there'sa lotof
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Income reyou had complications O ff i c e Ph. fenced yard, single ga- Secunty Access Entry equal opportunity 541-523-3673 We will not knowingly strictions apply. Call RV Storage due to internal bleed541-523-5908; E ma il: ra ge. Ava il Ja n. 1 st. provider" accept any advertising ask for Julie Candi: 541-523-6578 theelms©vindianmgt.comi ng ( a f t e r J a n u a ry LaGrande Observer $1295/mo + $600 dep. for real estate which is website: 2012)? If so, you MAY Ca II 541-61 9-6464. 541-963-3161 in violation of this law. vindianmgt.com/propbe due financial comask for Erica All persons are hereby REMODELED 2 bdrm, 2 ert ies/e lm s-a pa rtpensation. If you don't informed that all dwellments. bath, mobile, garage, h ave a n atto r n e y , FREE RENT! 3-bdrm apt. i ngs a d vertised a r e well I!t septic, no pets CALL Inluryfone toavailable on an equal includes most utilities day! 1-800-594-2107 $650/mo, $700 dep. in trade for caretaker opportunity basis. 740 - Duplex Rentals Ca II 541-962-5523. (PNDC) EQUAL HOUSING (includes light mainteBaker Co. OPPORTUNITY nance.) 20 hours per SINGLE WIDE trailer 2 w eek. Must b e m a NEWLY PAINTED, bd, 1 ba, fenced yard, 801 - Wanted to Buy ture, r e t ired c o u p le 725 - Apartment quiet, 2-bdrm, 1 bath 475 - Wanted to Buy w/d hook-ups, small duplex w/carport on preferred. Call Dennis Rentals Union Co. s hed, $550/mo, n o SENIOR CITIZEN needto apply. 541-519-5889 AVAIL NOW. 1 bdrm, 1 nver; kitchen, laundry ANTLER DEALER. Buypets, no smoking. For ing: 1975 or newer sinappliances; W/S/G and ing grades of antlers. ba. $550/mo. W/d, waa ppli c a t i o n ca ll FURNISHED STUDIO g le w i d e , m obi l e yard maintenance F air h o n es t p r i c e s . 720 - Apartment ter included. Dep. req. 214-392-5855. 8E 2-BDRM APTS. h ome, f re e o r e x included. No pets, no From a liscense buyer No smoking or pets. Utilites paid, includes Rentals Baker Co. tremely r e asonable, smoking. References 760 - Commercial using st at e c e r t i f ied (541 ) 963-0984 internet/cable. Starting at decent condition, will 1-BDRM, 1 bath, required. $520/mo + dep Rentals skills. Call Nathan at 630 - Feeds $600/mo. 541-388-8382 move, 541-786-3353. Laundry on site. Ca II 541-523-0527 — Days 541-786-4982. 2428 MADISON St. 150 TON 1st crop Tenant Pays Electnc. No CENTURY 21 or 541-524-9980 — Nights 825 - Houses for Baker City.Commercial Alfalfa-alfalfa grass. PROPERTY smoking/pets.$490/mo Classified are worth building (previously a 3x4 bales. No rain, test. MANAGEMENT 745 Duplex Rentals Sale Union Co. 541-51 9-6654 l ooking into w h e n church) Great for clubs, 125 TON 2nd crop Union Co. you're looking for a La randeRentals.com bible studies, ect. Alfalfa -alfalfa grass 1 BDRM, 1 ba, w/d hook$600/mo. No deposit 30 TON 3rd Crop 2533 10TH St. 1-bdrm p lace t o l i v e w he t h e r it ' s a ups, $425/mo + $425 with one year lease. Sm. bales.(100 lb. avg.) apartment. All utilities (541)963-1210 dep. No pets/smoking. h ome, a n a p a r t 541-523-9057 No reasonable offer paid including internet (541 ) 963-4907 will be refused. $550/mo plus $550 dep. ment or a m o b i le CIMMARON MANOR BEARCO BUSINESS 541-51 9-0693 541-523-9057 home. ICtngsvtew Apts. 2 BDRM 1 Ba Duplex, Park, 1,600 sq. ft. 2 2 bd, 1 ba. Call Century Single Ca r G a rage, Office's, 12x11 1/2 roll 21, Eagle Cap Realty. Clean, $700/mo lease, up door, restrooms, FOR SALEnewly remod541-963-1210 541-963-7711. LG. L a Grande, Val l e y by Stella Wilder eled 3 bd 2 ba, double Realty 541-963-4174. w ide, ne w p a r k o f FOR LEASE or Sale: THURSDAY, DECEMBER3), 20)5 than willing to do what is necessary. spectacle isn't you! S undowner M o b i l e 60'x120' w a rehouse CLOSE TO EOU 2bdrm Park Sp. 94, price reYOUR BIRTHDAY byStella Wilder AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - You may LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) —Wait for somew/ office, avail. early basement a p t . , a ll CUTE LITTLE place. 1 Born today,you are a rather deceptive be quite eager to identify a new goal or two, one else to lead the way, and you should be utilities paid, coin-op bdrm, large fenced J an. 2 0 16 , 6 0 ' x 9 0' d uced $ 5 , 000, w i l l some contract. back yard, gas utilindividual. Deep down, you harbor much but you're not sure where to look at first. able to keepyourselfsafe. Protection from the laundry, No smoking, p ad, l o ading d o c k , carry 541-910-3513. 2-16' rollup doors, 20' No pets. $ 5 50/mo, tites, new hotwater that can cause you trouble in life, yet you Followanother' s lead fornow. elements is important. c eiling, n a t ural g a s , p lus $ 5 0 0 d e p o s it hearter, furnance, I!t appear to be quite jovial, even carefree, to the PISCES (Feb. I9-March 20) — Any cele- VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You may 832,000 BUILDING 541-91 0-3696 carpet, quiet neigh440 power, located on casualobserver.There are,indeed,at least bration that's in store mayhave to take a back have to glance at the clock again and again to LOT IN NEWER SUBborhood, w/s pd, no 6 acres, heavy industwo distinct sides to yourpersonality — tothe seat to a family issue that will not be put off be sure that you are not using up too much t rial zoned land 1 / 4 DIVISION, will accept dogs, $365 mo, plus extent that some may mistake you for a any longer. time on any one endeavor. DRC'S PROPERTY dep. Avail. now. 605 mi., outside Island city, MlH or stick built MANAGEMENT, INC. Crook, L a G r a nde Info. caII 541-910-8744 Gemini native. Indeed, you may actually ARIES (March 21-Apru i9) — A loved LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) - You're eager homes. Paved streets, 215 Fir Str (541) 962-6057. side walks and curbs. think at times that you actually should have one may hit you with a request that takesyou to show otherswhatyou'recapable ofaccomSHOP 8t OFFICE Space La Grande OR 12262075 been born under that sign, or that you really very much by surprise. Is this anyway to start plishing. Ifyou get the chance,you mayactuNEWER 3 b drm, 2 ba, w/s pd. $395/mo plus Century 21 were, despite all evidence to the contrary! the yeart Yes, it is! ally impressyourself in the process. $ 30 0 d e p o s it $1,100/mo, plus dep. APARTMENTS Eagle Cap Realty, The light and the dark are continually fight- TAURUS (Apr!I 20-May 20) - How you SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - You are 541-91 0-3696 Some e x t r a s . No Studio $350 to $400 541-9634511. ing for control of your personality and begin the day will set an example for others, being drawn to the edge,and you're tempted smoking. Pets on ap1bd, $385 to $395, p rova I. Mt . 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DEFINED BENEFIT scnbed real property: PLAN FOR WALT THE WEST HALF OF REUBER AND ALSO LOT 4 AND ALL OF ALL OTHER PERSONS LOTS 5 A N D 6, OR PARTIES BLOCIC 23, HUNTING- UNKNOWN CLAIMING TON TOWNSITE, AC- ANY RIGHT, TITLE, CORDING TO THE OF- LIEN, OR INTEREST IN F IC IAL P LA T THE PROPERTY T HEREOF, IN T H E DESCRIBED IN THE CITY OF HUNTING- COMPLAINT, T ON, COUNTY O F BAICER AND STATE Defendants, OF OREGON. Case No. 15-800 Commonly known as: 280 West Adams Street, SUMMONS Huntington, Oregon
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sons with disabilities,
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As part of Jewell's order, the BLM has been experimenting with targeted grazing to remove some of the fuel, notably Continued from Page 1B That's problematic, said Matt Germino, cheatgrassthat can provideforage before a research ecologist with the United States drying out. "I'm a huge proponent of using animals Geological Survey who specializes in sagebrush steppe ecosystems. Precipitation very strategically and very heavy in placfalling as rain rather than snow means es," said Karen Launchbaugh, director of the University of Idaho's Rangeland Centhat perennial native plants have less ter."So far, that's what I'm seeing ranchers water to store for summer use. And midwinter warm spells melt snow sooner, with and the BLM doing, at least in the Snake River plains. I'm kind of encouraged." some areas in recent years seeing spring runoff in winter. However, she noted,"poor grazing manAnother threat is cheatgrass, an invaagement usually favors annual invasive sive plant that can cause multiple wildfires grasses" such as cheatgrass. in adecade in areaswhere ithasreplaced Wyatt Prescott, executive director of the native vegetation, Germino said. IdahoCattleAssociation,said ranchersre"I would say things look pretty good for move cattle in dry years but aren't allowed cheatgrass," Germino said."Especially if to add more in wet years. ''What we have advocated for is that the warmer winters are overlaid by more ranchers need the flexibility to adapt to precipitation that occurs as rain and not snow." what the system provides," he said.
OWYHEE Continued~om Page 2B The monumentis located in Kane and Garfield counties in Utah, butironically the signing ceremony was conducted across the border inArizona, said Dixie Brunner, editor of the South Utah News, Kanab, Utah, who attended the event. That onlyincreased the angerofthelocalresidents, Brunner said. "People iin Kane County) went absolutely nuts when the monument was designated," she said. That included black balloons released, big protests, and the like, Brunner said. 'The local and state politicians tried to fightitin every way possible — to no avail, she said."Even years later, they still point to what an awful land grab it was." The land in question was always government land with manyrestrictions, but the people in Kane County felt that this was yet another layer ofrestrictions and a travesty to the Western way oflife, Brunner said.
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Years after it was designated, the monument is still a sourceofdeep resentment to the locals, she said, butit has had afew positives. "People have come to travel amund andview it,"Brunner SRld.
The Bureau of Land Management, which manages the monument, has built three visitor centers in remote locations, and do get a lot of visitors of which benefit the small communities, she said. 'The teaching aspect has been great, because we get many professionals studying it," Brunner said. In the regional reports about the Utah monument debate, opponentscomplained about the loss of natural resource jobs, such as minirg, timber and agriculture. However, Headwaters Economics in its report, which covered the two counties the monument sits in, said that those commodityindustries were becoming a smaller share to the overall economy in the region before the creation of the monument. Service jobs now account for
key action items and follow up required. Schedule your vacation days and get them on the calendar. Actually take the time off. Invite your management team out of the office for a day in January and create a plan for the year. Provideverbalevaluations of your personnel this year using a four-step program. First, tell the person what they are great at. Second, tell them what they need to focus on in terms of improvement. Third, ask them what you can do to help them in their areas of focus. Fourth, tell them how they can help you.
Continued from Page 1B Make a commitment to talk less and to listen more. Do this by asking questions and not sharing the answers. Establish a goal to leave work at the same time each day. Once this self imposed deadline is in place, you will be amazed at how productivity soars. Hold fewer meetings. Make sure that when a meeting is held, there is a printed agenda, someone facilitates, there is time allocatedforeach major subject under discussion and that at the end, and someone recaps who has ownership of the
the majority of employment growthin the Grand StaircaseEscalante Region in recent decades, the report said. Closer to Malheur County is Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument ontheOregon-Californiaborderwhich,atless than 70,000 acres, is nowhere near the size of the monument in Utah or the monument being sought in Malheur County. The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument consists ofapproximately 62,000acres of BLM-administered land in rugged southwestern Oregon and privately-owned land is often adjacent to public land in the monument, according to BLM documents. This monument was also established by Clinton in 2000, and is the first monument set asidesolely forthepreservation ofbiodiversity, the BLM SRld.
Bert Etling, editor of the Ashland Daily Tidings, said, having been in Oregon just a little more than a year, that it is seen as a draw for tourism. "Myimpression is that, in the tourist-dependentAshland area, at least, the monument
is seen as one of the jewels in a crown of spectacular natural resources attracting people hereforoutdoorrecreation and is an assetin thatrespect," Etling said. But, he acknowledges the people in the greaterJackson County area take a different view. One of those is Jackson County Commissioner Doug Breidenthal who said he is unhappy with the loss of tax base as ranches within the monument are sold off and boughttobeincluded aspart of the monument. He also criticized the closure ofroads in the monument limiting or closing off access by people with disabilities. Road closures are a part of the management plan for the monument, he said. While opponents call the wilderness and monument proposals overreaching, proponents say the proposals are needed to ensure the canyonlands am keptin pristine condition in the future. The issue will be on a nonbindingreferendum Malheur County will vote on March 8.
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A short stroll along the Powder River reveals some of the beauty and intricacies that a sunny day in January can offer to those seeking the marvels of winter. An ice-laden branch, caught in rocks, is surrounded by reflective colors of sky and trees.
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Second-grader Silas Talbott leaps with enthusiasm at the start of the obstacle course at Anthony Lakes in October. He said he "super, super, super liked" traveling the course designed to demonstrate the many obstacles animals face while moving through the forest. Students packed a pine cone to simulate the additional difficulties of carrying food without A quick hug is in order for Shane Conley and Elizabeth Calder after Ben losing it. He is watched by Kindergartners Merrill, BHS principal, presented the graduating class of June 2015 to the Kate Hill, back left, Paityn Barr and volunaudience. teer mom Dana Hill.
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Tamarack trees glow with October's evening light as autumn continues to play colorfully along the Elkhorn Scenic Byway. The popular 106-mile paved route winds from BakerValley to high-mountain lakes, like Anthony Lake, on past bright, shiny aspens to Granite and Sumpter before returning travelers to Baker City. The lndian summer weather that predominated this fall would continue for a while longer.
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• Highest Temperature: 49, on the 28th • Lowest Temperature: -4, on the 1st • Total Precipitation: .39 (avg.: .87)
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JANUARY 14 — Baker City, we have a new mayor. After new councilors Rosemary Abell, Ben Merrill, Mack Augenfeld and Jim Thomas took their oaths of office Tuesday evening at City Hall, the first order ofbusiness was the selection of a new mayor. Merrill nominated Councilor Mike Downing, and Augenfeld nominated Councilor Kim Mosier. Mosier was elected as mayor with five votes — herself, Richard Langrell, Abell, Augenfeld and Thomas. Merrill voted for Downing, as did Downing himself. Downing was selected as the acting mayor after he was nominated by Mosier. Merrill was nominated by Langrell. Downing received six votes. In Baker City's form of government the councilors themselves, not voters, elect the mayor and vice mayor. Neither position confers any extra authority on the officer holder.
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JANUARY 7 — Bill Harvey has taken the reins this week as chairman of the Baker County Board of Commissioners. He is taking a break from his contracting business to help manage the affairs of the county for the next four years. Harvey was unopposed in the November election after defeating three-term incumbent Fred Warner Jr. in the Republican primary in May. "I won't be building homes after I finish the latest project that I'm on," Harvey said."I've made a commitment that I have to finish it." Until that project is done, Harvey will be working on it until 8 a.m. each day, when he takes up his commissioner duties. His lunch hour will also be spent finishing his final building project. Harvey said that running his business, combined with serving the past 12 years as a member of the county's planning commission, has prepared him well for the fulltime electedposition thatpaysjustover $73,000 a year.
JANUARY 19 — Don O'Gradyand Chris Combs walked away unharmed from a scene that found them caught in the middle of a massivepileup that closed the eastbound freeway lanes from Pendleton to Ontario Saturday. The vehicle they were traveling in was wedged in by the wreckage of twisted trucks,semitrailersand passengervehiclesfrom about 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. Combs drove his 2006 Dodge Durango away without a scratch about 4 p.m., leaving the two men to wonder how they'd been so lucky. "The good ol' Lord was looking out for us," O'Grady said Sunday back at his home in Haines after another day on the job at Ash Grove Cement's Durkee plant. Oregon State Police saidat least26 trucks and semitrailers were directly involved in the crash that started at 4:54 a.m. And between 50 and 70 vehicles were either knocked around or blocked in by other wrecks. One eastbound lane was opened at 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Cleanup is continuing today. Twelve people were treatedforinjuriesatSt.Alphonsus Medical Center in Baker City. Six were taken by ambulance and six others were brought by private parties, police said. One patient later was transferredto Oregon Health & Sciences University in Portland with serious injuries and another was taken with serious injuries to St. Alphonsus Medical
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Not far behind O'Grady and Combs, is the pickup truck, center, belonging to Joe Patton, another Ash Grove Cement Co. employee. Center in Boise. Two were transferred to Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande for treatment, police said. Information about their conditions was not available in time for this story. Although two of the trucks were carrying hazardous materials, neither was found to be leaking, police said. Some fuel was spilled on the highway, which required cleanup. The westbound freeway was closed at Ontario about 9 a.m. Saturday to allow emergency workers to get through to the site. It was reopened at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Nearly every driver who came through once the westbound lanes were reopened was using cellphones or iPads to photograph the wreckage, O'Grady said. The crash drew attention from state, regional and national media. The Oregonian newspaper reported the story of Kaleb Whitby, 27, of Tri-Cities, Washington, who miraculously escaped injury when his pickup truck was nearly flattened between two trucks.
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basketball team. Saturday's experience left O'Grady with a new respect for the dangers involved in the daily commute. "This was a real eye-opener for me," he said.sWe drive it all the time and — knock on wood — we've never had a mishap." And in all the years he's been on the freeway, he's only been held up one other time — for five minuteswhen a camp trailer being towed by a pickup truck caught fire. The two men said they first suspected trouble Saturday when they neared the area that O'Grady jokingly calls "Possessed Valley."
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Farmers had a "bombshell dropped on us" Jan. 22 when ofFEBRUARY 2 — Baker Valley's ficials from Heinz announced the eightpotato growers are scramcompany, which in recent years bling to find a buyer for 2015 before bought about 80 percent of the pothey're forced to plantless-valuable tatoes grown in Baker Valley, won't cropson theirformer spud acreage. be renewing the contract with By Jayson Jacoby
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localgrowers,said Mark Ward, a potatofarmer and president ofthe Malheur Potato Bargaining Association. That group, its name notwithstanding, representspotato farmers from Baker as well as Malheur
counties, Ward said. Potatoes are Baker County's second most-valuable cash crop, with sales of $12.2 million in 2013, the most recent year for which records are available.
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million — contributed more to the county's $98 million agriculture economy that year. Of the 3,800 acres planted in potatoes, Heinz, which owns the Ore-Idabrand,bought spuds from 3,000ofthose acres,W ard said.
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Councilors Richard Langrell and Jim Thomas voted FEBRUARY 25 — The against the first reading. Baker City Council on TuesTwo more readings must be day approvedthe fi rstreading approved,atseparate meetof a business license ordinance ings, before the ordinance that could block marijuana couldtake effect. The ordinance would stores from opening in the city. The 5-2votefollowed a effecti vely ban the salesof 40-minute presentation by marijuana in the city because Baker County District Atthe ordinance would mandate torney Matt Shirtcliff, who that licensed businesses comurgedcouncilorsto passthe ply with all local, state and ordinance, and another 90 federal laws. minutes of discussion that Although medicinal mariincluded public comments. juana is legal in Oregon, and Mayor Kim Mosier and recreational use will be legal Councilors Mike Downing, startingJuly 1for people 21 Ben Merrill, Rosemary Abell and older, the drug remains and Mack Augenfeld voted in a controlled substance under favor of the first reading. federal law. ldillen©bakercityherald.com
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Joe Patton says he's buying another Dodge pickup truck just like the one that was totaled on Jan. 17 on Interstate 84 near Baker City. "It gave its all for us," Patton said.
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FEBRUARY 2 — Two weeks after the truck he was riding in was smashed in a massive pile up on Interstate 84 near Baker City, Chuck Carey's phone message from that day brings a chuckle: "Everybody's OK. We kind of got in a car wreck." He definitely downplayed the situation in this message he left for his wife, Jeanine. In reality, these four men — Carey, Travis Birmingham andJoe Patton of Baker City, and Leroy Thompson of Sumptercould have been crushed between two semi trucks. Carey says people have called them lucky. He has a different opinion. eYou look at everything — there were so many miracles," he says."My belief says it's more than
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The impact of the crash collapsed the roof of Joe Patton's pickup truck. All four men inside the truck escaped without major injuries. chance. Blessed is good fortune and being watched over. We were blessed that
day." The four men — plus a fifth, Wes Christensen, on most days — carpool
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FEBRUARY 27 — A two-day search that involved police officers, state fish and wildlife workers and a pair of trained tracking hounds turned up no sign of a cougar that two people reported seeing Wednesday afternoon in south Baker City. No one else has reported seeing a cougar since the two original sightings, Baker City Police Lt. Kirk McCormick said this mornmg. The search has focused on the southwest corner of the city, generally west ofHighway 7 and south ofAuburn Avenue. The situation started just early Wednesday afternoon when two people reported seeing a cougar west of Highway 7 near the Sinclair service station and food mart.
Carey said it was his turn to drive, which would have put the men in a 2011 Chevy Traverse, a small SUV.
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FEBRUARY 27 — The Baker School Board voted unanimously Thursday night to offer the job of superintendent to 51-year-old Mark Witty, who has filled that role for Grant School District No. 3 in Grant County for the past five years.
The boardthen voted unanimously to offer Betty Palmer, another finalist for the superintendency, the job of assistant superintendent and director of curriculum and instruction. Palmer, 58, is principal of South Baker Intermediate School. The two were finalists in the board's effortsto hire a replacement
for Superintendent Walt Wegener, who announced in October that he will retire June 30. A third finalist, Robert Vian, 67, superintendent of Joint School District 171 at Orofino, Idaho, withdrew his name from consideration for the job prior to Thursday's meeting.
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MARCH 18 — Travis Ash will be Baker County's next sheriff. The Baker County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously this morning to appoint Ash, a lieutenant in the Ash sherifFs office, to replace Mitch Southwick. Southwick announced recently that he will resign
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Ash, 39, was one of two candidatesforthejob. John Hoopes, 48, a deputy at the sherifFs oSce, also applied. Southwick, who was elected to his third four-year term as sheriff in November 2012, endorsed Ash as his successor. Ash, who has worked at the sherifFs oSce since 2005, will serve the rest of Southwick's term, through the end of 2016. Baker County voters will electa sherifftoa four-year term in the November 2016.
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Phillips Reservoir, shown here last winter, is about 37 percent full this week.
"And that's almost 8,000 feet." 7,879feet,according tothecartogMARCH 20 — Baker County Com- raphers' latest reckoning. missioner Mark Bennett is looking But Bennett's point isn't about at the mountains near his ranch and elevation so much as timing. 'That's not what you want to look what he sees is trouble. Or rather, what he doesn't see. at in March," he said.'The mountains are our reservoirs in Baker Snow. "I'm standing here, looking at Bull- County, and there's just nothing run Mountain, and there's only a few there." patches of snow," Bennett said ThursNot enough to make up for the day afternoon, talking by cell phone scanty snowpacks the past two winfrom his property east of Unity. ters,certainly. By Jayson Jacoby
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MARCH 27 — Baker County Commission Chair Bill Harvey sent a letterTuesday toForestService oScials requesting that they delay the closing of the comment period for Subpart A of the Travel Management iPlanl. The letter to Wallowa-Whitman Forest Supervisor Tom Montoya and Regional Forester Jim Pena was titled"RE: Comment period for Subpart A." It was regarding another letter sent by Pena to Montoya dated March 17 that was provided to the county. In his letter, Harvey stated "There has been miscommunication given to
the public through the newspaper in Baker County and the letter dated M arch 17, 2015,thatwa sprovided to the County is unclear." When asked which newspaper, Harvey said "It was all the newspapers," referring to publication of a press release in which Region 6 Regional Forester Pena announced the deferment of additional work on the Travel Management Plan until the Blue Mountain Forest Plan revision is complete. Harvey also explained what he meant by miscommunication. 'The miscommunication is that they gave the impression that theywere stopping allofthe travel management work until they finish
Little wonder, then, that Bennett joined fellow commissioners Tim L. Kerns and Chairman Bill Harvey on Wednesday in asking Gov. Kate Brown to declare a drought emergency in Baker County. "The ground is dry and cracked, and the county road is dust," Bennett said. Brown has already approved drought emergency declarations for two counties — Malheur, which borders Baker County, and Lake.
the iBlue Mountain) Forest Revision Plan and that's misleading at best and actually deceitful — in my opinion, if that's what they were trying to do — at worst," he said.'They need to beas clearaspossible when dealing with all these comment issues ... People are upset enough having to go through with this process. The Subpart A is requiring people to take the maps the Forest Service provides and then go out into the forest and say 'Is this right? Is this road onthe map — number one,is it a usable road — number two, and does it conflict with something that the ForestService isattempting to do?'Truthfully, that shouldn't be the citizen's job."
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MARCH 27 — Lea Hoover doesn't hesitate when asked what she likes best about the Baker Heritage Museum. 'The volunteersareallgreat,n she says."This place doesn't run without them." Hoover, 24,isthe new directorof the museum at 2480 Grove St. She replaces Chris Cantrell, who recently retired after five years in the position. Cantrell was recently elected president of the Friends of the Museum organization. Hoover says the dedicated volunteers and their vast knowledge of the
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exhibits thatreflect Baker County history combine to produce a museum that's "a wonderful place." "It's all fiom Baker County, about Baker County or fiom a person who lived in Baker County," Hoover said of the museum exhibits. She is a graduate of Oregon State University at Corvallis where she earned a degree in interior design and housing studies and a business degree. Her education included two museum-filled trips to Europe. The first was an art and architecture tour of Denmark, Italy and France. The next summer she traveled to London where she completed an interior
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MARCH 16 —Thejudge overseeing Baker City Councilor Richard Langrell's lawsuit againstthe city hasruled that the city can't use its key evidence if the case goes to trial. Both Langrell and his attorney, Rebecca J. Knapp of Enterprise, said this morning that they believe Judge Ronald J. Pahl's Friday rulingin effect negates the need for a trial, which is scheduled for April 2-3 in Baker County Grcuit Court. 'The city has never had a case," Langrell said this morn-
ing.'The onlyreason the city would continue with a trial is if they want to spend more taxpayer money." Langrell and his wife, Lynne, filed the lawsuit last spring. They contend the city has illegally charged them double waterand sewer ratesforthe pastseveralyearsfortheirm otel, the Always Welcome Inn. Although the lawsuit said the Langrells are seeking about
$9,000 fiom the city, Knapp said this morning that she has not asked the city for an updated report of the motel's utility account.
MARCH 20 — The controversial proposal to ban motor vehicles on some roads and trails on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest will be delayed until the Forest Service has finished writing new management plans for the Wallowa-Whitman and the two other national forests in Northeastern Oregon. Regional Forester Jim Pena said Thursday that he has advised the Wallowa-Whitman supervisor to defer work on the Travel ManagementPlan. eWe believe this pause will provide enhanced opportunity to focus on the Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision re-engagement," Pena said in a press release.
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MARCH 20 — A Baker City man who tried to stop a friend fiom drivingdrunk ended up in theem ergencyroom Monday night and the driver is in jail facing multiple charges, including driving under the influence ofintoxicants. Police Chief Wyn Lohner said Michael Carrier,49, was hurt when he was dragged a short distance by a vehicle driven by James Dawes, 48, ofAlbuquerque, New Mexico. Carrier had reached inside Dawes'car window in an attempt to remove the keys fiom the ignition when Dawes drove away, taking Carrier with him. Dawes continued to drive away, knowing that Carrier was injured, Lohner said. Carrier was taken by ambulance to St. Alphonsus Medical Center where he was treated and released, Lohner said. The incident began at the Carrier home in the 2600 block of Hfth Streetabout 7 p.m .M onday.
SeCOndNeISOn SeINenCedin COWtheft MARCH 20 — The second suspectin a cattle rustling scheme involving a black ~ cal f belonging to Cal and Vickie Foster will spend 70 days in jail after pleading guilty to first-degree theft and unauthorized use of a livestock animal. Judge Greg Baxter sentenced Richatd Philip Newman, 76, of Sumpter Wednesdayin Baker County Grcuit Court, DistrictAttorney Matt Shirtcliffstated in a press
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spent the past year in Afghanistan. APRIL 17 — A conspiracy of Command Sgt. Maj. Wayne the sweetest kind played out Chastain serves with the at two Baker schools Thursday Oregon National Guard's 1st morning. Squadron 82nd Cavalry 41st The co-conspirators were Infantry Brigade Combat parents Farrah and Wayne Team. Chastain and staff members Chastain said school adat South Baker Intermediministrators were happy to ate School and Baker High work with him and his wife to School. They worked together surprise their children. "They had no clue, none to orchestratethe surprise homecoming of the Chastain whatsoever, and that made it children's father, a soldier who's that much better," Wayne said. ccollins©bakercityherald.com
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APRIL 8 — Baker City Councilor Richard Langrell and his wife, Lynne, haveagreedtoa $50,000 payment to settle their lawsuit against the city. The Langrells' attorney, Rebecca Knapp of Enterprise, said this morning that the Langrells have signed the settlement deal. Baker City Manager Mike Kee also signed the agreement. "Payment should be forthcoming
fmm the city by the end of the week," Knapp said.'That's the representation fmm the city's lawyer%yatt Bauml.n The Langrells sued the city last year, claiming the cityillegally chargedthem doublewater and sewer fees for their motel, the Always Welcome Inn. Knapp said the $50,000 settlement includes $16,713 in water and sewer fees the Langrells have paid to the city since 2005. The remainder of the settlement
is for court and attorney fees. Knapp declined to say how much her fees are. Richard Langrell could not be reached for comment this morning. Kee said the City Council probably will have an executive session beforeitsregularme etingTuesday to approvethereleaseofthatamount of money. The key document in the lawsuit is a 2005 consent to annexation agreement the Langrells signed for their motel property.
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APRIL 29 — Several Baker High School students have been disciplined in connection with allegations of cyberbullyingrelated to us~ ' a t the school. School district administrators in conjunction with police began investigating the matter about two weeks ago, said Ben Merrill, BHS principal. "A student came to me concerned about the safety of another student," Merrill said.'The ireportjngl student wanted me to be aware of the rumors." Merrill said the student told him that a nude image of another student was being shared with other students via electmnic devices. After reviewing district policies and conferring with interim superintendent Betty Palmer and police, Merrill said he interviewed students the day after he learned of the incident. Through conversations and student testimony, the list of those suspected to be involved was narrowed. cwe were looking to identify as many students as we thought had firsthand knowledge of the situation," he said. Once Merrill completed his investigation, students involved in the incident were disciplined in accordance with district policy. That discipline has been administered. DistrictAttorney Matt Shirtcliff said that once police complete their investigation, he will review reports and decide whether to file criminal charges. Cyberbullyingis defined in school district policy as"the use of any electmnic communication device to harass, intimidate or bully."
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MAY 11 — What do near record low snowpack levels, meager precipitationand a drought declaration in most of Eastern Oregon mean for Baker City residents and their water usage this year? They might have to cut back. City officials are preparing for the possibility of enforcing the city's water curtailment ordinance this summer. Even so, Michelle Owen, the city's
public works director, is confident that there will be enough water to supply the needs of the city and its water users. "For the moment, we're fine," she said Friday."Because I can't predict the weather, I can't tell the future iwaterl situation this summer." For the first week of May, the city has been using a little over 3 million gallonsofw aterper day — typical for this time of year, Owen said. And there is enough water in the streams and springs in the city's
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commissioner positions nonpartisan. M easure 1-63failed,with 2,053 votBaker City Herald ers opposed i52.7 percent) and 1,842 MAY 20 — Baker County voters voterssupporting the measure i47.3 like their county commission positions percent), according to unofficial results justas they are— with a party affi lia- fiom the County Clerk's office. tion next to the commissioners'names. Randy Joseph ofSumpter Valley, Voters on Tuesdayrejected a meathe measure's chief petitioner, blames sure that would have made the three himself for the outcome, saying he
watershed, in the Elkhorn Mountains about 10 miles west of town, to meet the current demand. But the city's daily thirst will rise along with temperatures, reaching as much as 8 million gallons. And with the snowpack in the Elkhorns well below average, and rainfall for the year about 38 percent below average, Owen knows the situation will change. "This is going to be a challenging year to meet water demands," she sard.
should have tried to put the measure on theballotforaNovember general election, which typically attract more voters. 'There's not a whole lot to say," Joseph said this morning.'The mistake is mine for havingit come in a special district election when there's very low voter turnout."
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MAY 29 — Rep. Greg Walden, R-ore., is criticizing the Obama administrationfora proposed rule that Walden contends couldgive thefederal
government more authoritytoregulate theuse of water in the West and potentially harm farmers and ranchers who depend on that water. On Wednesday the U.S. Environmental Protection
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rivers. They contend that the rule clarifies which waters are under federal jurisdiction through the 1972 Clean Water Act, but doesn't actually expand federal authority.
MAY 15 — Damon Robinson, theBaker City man who eluded police in a chase that ended when the weather turned hostile in the Elkhorn Mountains Tuesday night, was arrested without incident about 1 p.m. Wednesday near Mowich Loop on Highway 7. That's about 20 miles southwest of Baker City. Robinson, 41, of 2220 Ohio St., was held at gunpoint by a man who lives in the area until police arrived at the scene, said Sheriff Travis Ash. The man asked that his name not be released. Robinson is being held at the Baker County Jail on charges of felon in possession of a firearm Rob i nson ia Class C felony), attempting to elude police ione felony count and one misdemeanor count) and reckless driving. "It went smooth,"Ash said of the police response, which included calling in members of a regional SWAT team on Wednesday to help find Robinson after he eluded police."Nobody got hurt ... it worked well." Ash said Robinson first made contact with the same person who later held him at gunpoint about noon Wednesday. Robinson asked the man for help charging his cellphone. Instead, the residentcalled police a shorttim elater to reportthathe thought the man who approached him was Robinson. At about the same time, the regional team of officers, including Baker County SherifFs deputies, Baker City and La Grande police and Oregon State Police officers, were preparing to head to the area to continue the search for Robinson.
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MAY1Oregon's 2013 Teacher of the Year will lead South Baker Intermediate Lehman School as principal in the coming year and a South Baker sixthgrade teacher has been named Baker Middle School principal. Nanette Lehman has been hired to replace Betty Palmer at South Baker and Chris Carmiencke has been named Baker Middle School principal to replace Mindi Vaughan, who will transfer to
the Haines principal position next year. 'The two came out as clear fiontrunners," said Palmer fiom the District Office where she has served as interim superintendent since March. Both Lehman and Carmiencke will earn an annual
salary of $78,428. M ark Witty, w hohasbeen hired to begin work as Baker School District superintendent July 1, participated in hiring the new administrators. At his direction, the district advertised openings fortwo principals to serve kindergartenthrough Grade 8,Palmer sald.
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JUNE 17 — Sierra Bingham, the 15-year-old North Powder girl who received a heart transplant in 2006, had a second heart transplant surgery that finished early this morning at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, California. Sierra's younger sister, Lindsey, who suffers from the same rare heart ailment, had heart transplant surgery on Feb. 14, 2013, at the same hospital.
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JUNE 24 — Buddhism is a philosophy not areligion, according to Marria Knight. That philosophyis coming to Baker City for nine days next month. The Venerable Karma Namgyel Rinpoche fmm Bhutan will arrive in town on Friday, July 17, to perform rituals and ceremonies of the Tibetan Buddhist. The following Monday, Rinpoche and another Lama iteacherl willbegin theseven-day creation ofasacredsand mandala at Cmssroads CarnegieArt Center. The mandala will be completed on Sunday, July 26. Knight, a special education teacher for Union School District, is helping to organize the event with Cmssroads. She said itis an auspicious event and that Rinpoche personallychose Baker City to visit and create the mandala. "Itis a rare thing to have a sand mandala created," Knight said.'Most people have not seen a mandala or know whatitis." Crossroads Communications Director Derek Hosler is
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JUNE 1 — Baker County Sheriff Travis Ash doesn't know when the pickup truck will be plucked &om the precarious spot where it ended up after a 28-mile chase in the Elkhorn Mountains on May 12. But Ash is pretty sure about how the 1997 Dodge four-wheel drive will be extricated. "It looks like a helicopter removal to me,"Ash said. Damon Robinson drove the white truck during the pursuit that started in Baker City and ended a couple hours later near Marble Creek Pass, about 12 miles west of Baker City. Robinson, 41, of 2220 Ohio St., was arrested the next day, May 13, a few miles away near Highway 7 in Sumpter Valley. He remains in the Baker County Jail on charges that
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excited about the event as well. 'Tll probably never go to Bhutan, but 111 get to experience a snippet of their culture while they are here," he said. Friday, July 17, at 7 p.m. Rinpoche will perform a tea ceremony to bless the people attending and to open all of the other events that will happen over the next nine days. Afterward, he will answer any questions attendees may have. Donna Selby from the Drukpa Mila Center in Salem, which was established by Rinpoche, also considers the Lamas' visit a significant event for Baker City. "It is very special when a sand mandala is constructed in a city and for its residents," she said. "Anyone who views the mandala feels a great peace — in essence, a sand mandala is a means to bring healing to an area and bring it into perfect balance with the universe." When the mandala is completed, the Buddhist monks will deconstruct it and distribute half of the colored sand to those who attend the ceremony. The remaining half will be dispersed into the Powder River.
include felon in possession of a firearm ithe reason police stopped him in Baker City on May 12l, attempting to elude police and reckless driving. After Robinson was forced to stopatthe top ofthepass,where a snowdriftblocked theroad leading down Marble Creek to Pocahontas Road, he veered off the road and plunged down a steepslope on thewestside of the pass. Robinson drove for more than a quarter of a mile, smashing through one rotten whitebark pinelogabout 2 feethigh,driving over a couple of Christmas tree-sized firs, and eventually reaching the headwaters of Alder Creek. He descended 800 vertical feet. "It's surprising he didn't roll over," Baker City Police Chief Wyn Lohner said on May 13.
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JUNE 24 — Baker City Police Chief Wyn Lohner says his officers will enforce Oregon's new recreational marijuana law on a case-by-case basis come July 1. That's when Ballot Measure 91, approved by Oregon voters in November, becomes law and allows people 21 and older to use marijuana and to possesscertain amounts ofit. "Part of the problem is they're still working on rules and regulations," Lohner said. Lohner "If we get a complaint or run into somebody with marijuana on them, we'll have to determine whether they are within the legal limits," he said. People who are within the law's limits will be treated the same as someone with a cigarette in his 4,1 or her pocket, he said. District Attorney Matt Shirtcliff said he will be Shir t cliff operating under the same philosophy. ewe'll follow the law and work with it," he said."Anybody not in compliance will be prosecuted." Shirtcliff says there will be no leeway for offenders until July 1. "I'm sticking to that date and following the law," he said. 'That's the only fair way I know to do it." Shirtcliff said he continues to be concerned about increased accessibility to minors. "More marijuanarelatestom ore possession,more addiction and more marijuana in the schools," he said.'The kid thing is the big thing — access to kids and distribution to kids."
i inS S S SSVS O Si' JUNE 3 — HAINES — Two young brothers will be honored Tuesday, June 9, at Haines School for their efforts in saving their baby brother, Thomas, a 15-month-old who fell into a pond on their family's property about 4:17 p.m. on May 26. Thomas Kerns was released from St. Luke's Hospital in Boise on May 29and isdoingwe ll ,according toa pressreleasefrom Baker County Sheriff Travis Ash. Third-grader Caleb Kerns, 9, and his brother, Wesley Kerns, 8, who's in second grade, will be among those recognized during the end-of-year assembly, said Nannette Lehman, a second-grade teacher who also serves as head teacher at Haines School. The three boys are the sons of Adam and Ori Kerns. The assembly will begin at 8:30 a.m. The three Kerns boys and their sister, Kiley, 5, were playing near the pond with their mother who was working in a garden, according to Ash. Kiley Kerns saw Thomas floating in the pond. Wesley rescued Thomas from the water and Caleb dialed 911 while their mother performed CPR.
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JULY 1 — He was Baker City's own bluesman, but Jimmy Lloyd Rea's musical reputation went far beyond the town where he was born, a reputation forged in dark dingy bars and on brilliantly lit stages where he performed with blues legends like B.B. King and John Lee Hooker. Rea, who had endured a series of health problems, including a kidney transplant in 2003, died Tuesday at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in
Nampa, Idaho. He was 63. Rea is survived by his wife, Marydee, and four children: Georgene Rea,Marianne Stone,Francine O'Connell and Lloyd Rea III. "Jimmy was a legend — not just in Baker City, but everywhere," said Wayne Dyke,aBaker City drummer who was a back-up member of Rea's longtime band, the Switchmasters, foralmost adecade beforebecoming a permanent member in April 2014. ''What an awesome man," Dyke
said Tuesday morning."I'm absolutely heartbroken and crushed right now." James Lloyd Rea Jr. was born on Oct. 6, 1951, at Baker. His father, Lloyd Rea, served as Baker County judge ia position known today as chairman of the county board of commissioners) for 30 years. In a 2003 interview with the Baker City Herald, Jimmy said he was just 5 when he started performing with his dad, who was a guitarist.
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JULY 1 — Baker County commissioners have sent a letter of protest to the BLM over the agency's plan to protect sage grouse habitat in Oregon. On May 28 the BLM released the Final Environmental Impact Statement iFEISl for the sage grouse plan. Baker County has about 2 percent of what biologists believe is Oregon's most vital sage grouse habitat, known as preliminary priority habitat, according to the 1,000-page document. The plan addresses issues identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a 2010 study that found the sage grouse was deserving of protection under the federal Endangered Species Act due to the inadequacy of regulatory protections to prevent further sagebrush habitat fragmentation, placing the chicken-size bird in dangerofextinction.Federalprotection was deferred because of higher priorities; however, the Service is required to make a final decision on whether to list the sage grouse by Sept. 30, 2015.
JULY 20 — A Baker City woman who tried to hire someone to kill her ex-boyfiiend last year was sentenced Friday to seven years in a state prison. EmilyAlicia Munsell, 24, of1356 DeweyAve., pleaded guilty to one count of solicitation to commit murder and one count of criminal conspiracy.
Munsell was arrested on Dec. 26, 2014, in Baker City. Munsell's attorney had earlier filed a notice that Munsell intended to plead guilty except for insanity, but that plea was later withdrawn. Baker City Police arrested Munsell after an undercover operation in which Detective Jay Lohner pretended to be a hitman.
Police said Munsell offered to pay him to kill her ex-boyfriend, against whom Munsell had a restraining order. Police became involved after Munsell's male cousin called police and said Munsell had also solicited him to help make her ex-boyfriend, who is also the father ofher son, "disappear."
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AUGUST 14 — Two of the bigger fires in Baker County in the past quarter century raced across thousands of acresofsagebrush and forest Wednesday and Thursday south and southeast of Baker City. The 16,000-acre Windy Ridge and 12,800-acre Cornet fires, both sparked by lightning Monday afternoon, threatened more than 100 ruralhomes and forced severaldozen residentsto evacuate &om areas ranging from Alder Creek southeast of Baker City to Black Mountain near Phillips Reservoir. Damon Simmons, information officer with the statewide team of irefi f ghterswho arrived Thursday to
help protect buildings, said Friday morningthatan unknown number of structures, including homes, were burned in Stices Gulch south of Baker City. Residents evacuated that forested area on Wednesday. The state team was thwarted by gusty winds that fanned the Cornet Fire Thursday night. Simmons said hazardous burned treesmust be removed before the damage at Stices Gulch can be assessed. The task forces will expand their assignment to include both the Cornet Fire and the Windy Ridge Fire today, he said. The two structural fire crews working in Stices Gulch Thursday
night were forced to pull out when the fire began torching trees. ''Whole trees were going up and then there were group torches of five to eight trees," Simmons said. Beforeleaving,thecrews prepped the structures by setting up sprinklers to wet them down and also worked to remove debris, wood and vegetation from around them that would fuel the fire. "And we were knocking down the fire in the structures as best we could so it didn't spread any more," Simmons said. The fire became very unstable as w inds gusted at speeds ofup to 25 mph, he said. To ensure the safety of firefighters there are times when all they can do
iscreatesafety zones forthemselves, Simmons said. sWe're not stopping that &eight train of fire that's coming through," he said.sWe need to get out of the way and then get back in there as safely as we can." Which is what crews did Thursday. Once thefirehad burned through, they returned to work putting out spot fires and continuing to protect structures, he said. Windy Ridge was the more active of the fires Thursday, propelled by south winds gusting to 25 mph and temperatures in the upper 90s. The task forces will expand their assignment to include both the Cornet Fire and the Windy Ridge Fire today, he said.
fore you make the left turn &om Baker City on Highway 7 toward Stices Gulch, you see it. Waves of black splashed across the hillside that, with the absence of smoke, look more like strange patterns in a haphazard art project than a natural disaster. But the smoldering tree stumps and hot spots litteredabout theside of Highway 245 toward the Gulch give way to the severity of the situation. The narrow gully is in a ponderosa pine forest just west of the Dooley Mountain Highway about 12 miles south of Baker City. On Tuesday afternoon,residents in the area received a Level 1, or "get ready", evacuation notice. They were the first neighborhood in Baker County to receive such notice in response to the CornetWindy Ridge Complex Fire. By Wednesday Stices Gulch was at Level 3, or "leave now" evacuation notice. By Sunday, three Stices Gulch homes and fourWindy Ridge homes had been lost to the fire, at least one ofthe Stices Gulch homes was not a primary residence. Most property owners in Stices Gulch lost their outbuildings, including barns and sheds.
BEMcrewscontainMorgan Creekfire AUGUST 19 — A wildfire reported Tuesday morning on Morgan Creek along Brownlee Reservoir burned 108 acres before being contained at 9 p.m. Larry Moore, Bureau of Land Management spokesman, said this morning that retardant lines have been placed around the fire. The BLM fought the fire with four air tankers and one helicopter along with ground crews Tuesday. One home at the junction of Snake River and Morgan Creek roads was saved.
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AUGUST 21 — Two pilots walked away with only minor injuries after one engine failed on the twin-engine Sikorsky S-61A helicopter they were flying over the Eldorado fire Wednesday night. Gary Wiltrout, 67, of Boise, said he and hisco-pilotScottTalada,65,of
Baker City ,had been fl ying for about six hours on Wednesday dumping water on theEldorado firewhen the engine failureoccurred about 7:15 p.m. They were taking water from a pond known as Murphy's dip, near Highway 26 leaving Unity. Wiltrout said that up to that point, there was no indication there was anything wrong with the helicopter.
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OCTOBER 16 — The Baker City Planning Commission denied both of Verizon Wireless' applications for conditional-use permits to build 100-foot-tall celltowers, one at 2960 EastSt.,the other at2431 11th St. Commissioners, meeting Wednesday night at City Hall, determined that based on the city's zoning ordinance theproposed 100-foottowers'
"negativeimpacts on adjacent properties and on the public" could not bemitigated. The Commission voted unanimously to deny Verizon's application for the East Street property. The company could build a tower up to38 feet tallon thatproperty without a conditional-use permit. The vote to deny the permit for the 11th Street site was 4-3. Verizon could build a tower up to 50 feet high on that property.
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OCTOBER 12 — Baker City Manager Mike Kee plans to retire, but not immediately. Kee, 57, who has been city manager since September 2010, has proposed to retirein a legalsense on Oct.31, then be re-hired, on a six-month contract, starting Nov. 1.
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OCTOBER 16 — Parents concerned about the Baker School District's new math curriculum will take their grievances to the Baker School Board Tuesdaynight. The board will meetin regular session at 6 p.m. at the Baker School District Office at 2090 Fourth St. A post on the Facebook page of the group"Parents for a Math Curriculum Change" calls for those who are con-
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Kayla Bolen welcomes her daughter, Presley Diana Rose Bolen, who was born on Oct. 17 at St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City.
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OCTOBER 23 — Kayla Bolen left St. Alphonsus Medical Center Tuesday with a plan aimed at ensuring the safety of her newborn baby girl as she sleeps. Presley Diana Rose Bolen was delivered by cesarean section at 8:53 a.m. on Oct. 17,2015,just two days after her mother's 28th birthday on Oct. 15. Rick Torres is the baby's father. Presley is Kayla's first child, so she's been studying proper parenting techniques while awaiting Presley's arrival and in anticipation of taking her home. "I'm just excited for us to have a new life together," Kayla said.
While at the St. Alphonsus Birth Center, nurses explained, as they do for each new mother, the details of safe sleeping. The information is based on guidelines from the National Institute of Health and Human Development Safe to Sleep
iformerly Back to Sleep) program andthe American Academy of Pediatrics, said Sommer Sargent, obstetricssupervisor at the Birth Center. Kayla said she has a bassinetfor her baby to sleep in at home. She said she wasn't aware of the recommendation to keep blankets and toys out of her baby's bed, but on thinking about it, she agreed that it makes sense. Sargent came to the Baker
hospital in 2008, the same year a Baker County baby
died of Shaken Baby Syndrome. A short time later, the hospital implemented the "Period of Purple Crying" program tohelp parents better understand their baby's prolonged bouts of crying. In 2009,three babies died of positional asphyxiation linked to co-sleeping with their parents. Soon the hospitalstepped up itsprogram to educateparents about safe sleeping. Again this year, two babies have died in cases linked to co-sleeping. Those deaths have spurred District Attorney Matt Shirtcliff to roll up his sleeves to try todo more to keep babies safe.
cerned to attend Tuesday's meeting. r We would like to have a huge presence there supporting those who wish to speak up about the EngageNY curriculum. Please come and share your thoughts or be there as support," the Facebook post states. School Board Chair Kevin Cassidy said today that he has met with some of the parents. "I'm well aware of their concerns. I have been involved with people in that group," he said this morning.
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appoint Iewis: Rosemary Abell, Michael Downing OCTOBER 14 — The Baker City and Mayor Kim Mosier. Council needed less than 10 minutes Randy Daugherty, Tuesday night to appoint a councilor to who served a four-year fill the vacancy left when Ben Merrill term as a councilor from 2003-06, received two resigned last month. Lewis The Council appointed Margaret D. votes, from Councilors "Sandy" Lewis to replace Merrill. Richard Langrell and Jim Thomas. Lewis, 56, one of four residents who Michael Meyer received one vote, from applied, will serve a term that ends Dec. Councilor MackAugenfeld. 31,2016. The fourth applicant, Dawn Alicia Three of the six councilors voted to Buckelew, did notreceive any votes. ]dillen©bekeratyherald.com
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rived at the jail Saturday as his son had requested, NOVEMBER 6 — When but the corrections officer Steven McBride requested noticed something odd about thathisparents deliver some the pair of socks that was clean socks and underwear delivered. to the Baker County Jail Upon further inspection, where he'll be staying for the Cpl. Jason Wirth found 5.2 next few days, he got more grams ofheroin stashed in than he asked for. the socks, which had apparPolice Chief Wyn Lohner ently been washed with the saidMcBride'sfather ardrug tucked inside. ccollins©bakercityherald.com
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NOVEMBER 4 — Samantha Kozlowski acquired a miniature donkey to guard her herd of sheep, but the donkey was unable to stopa cougar from killing six sheep late Sunday or early Monday in a pen along Goodrich Creek Lane about 10 miles northwest of Baker City.
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arrestedhim on charges ofpossessing methamphetamineand DECEMBER 18 — A homemade violating terms of his bomb found in a storage shed in south probation. Baker City last week prompted local Baker City Police Chief authorities to call federal investigaWyn Lohner said officers tors because of comments about ISIS were cal led tothe 600 Romine terrorist smade by the suspected bomb blockofDavid Eccles maker. Road on Dec. 1 on a report Jonathon Romine, 35, of Baker City of Rominerunning around the neighwas indicted Dec. 10 on charges of unborhood with no shirt on in 20-degree lawful possession of an explosive device weather. Lohner said Romine was and unlawful manufacturing of an yelling about being affiliated with ISIS explosive device, said District Attorney and sayingthat peoplewere going to Matt ShirtclifK The crimes are both die. Class C felonies. Those comments prompted Baker Romine has been held at the Baker City Police to call Homeland Security, County Jail since Dec. 1 when police Lohner said. ccollins©bakercityherald.com
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Police records show that Gresham Police also DECEMBER 4 — An 80-year-old had contact with Witter Huntington man accused of multiple in April of 1997 and May sex crimes against children served 2V2 of 2005on allegations years in prison on a 2004 Multnomah related to child molesting, County sex crime conviction. G randjean said. Because w itt e r Robert Lee Witter, who lives at of a recent changeover 205 E. Adams St. in Huntington, was in computer systems, details of those convictedfor attempted fi rst-degree investigations were not readily availsexual abuse and interfering with a able, he said. police report in Multnomah County on Witterwas released from prison Nov. 19, 2004. to Wasco County on April 12, 2007, His crimes were investigated by where he was supervised by Wasco the Gresham City Police, most likely County Community Corrections at as part of a multidisciplinary team The Dalles until his post-prision suthat also includes Oregon State Police, pervision requirement expired on Nov. Portland Police and the Multnomah 17, 2009, said Jessica Jauken, ComCounty Sherifl"s Office, said Gresham munity Corrections office specialist at Police Capt. Claudio Grandjean. The Dalles. ccollins©bakercityherald.com
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Dana Stone is the executive director of ROCCOS Family Support Network. The acronym forms the name of her son, Rocco, right, and explains the network's goals: Reaching Our Community Combining Our Strength. Her two other sons are Blake, left, and Beau. By Chris Collins
And that's as it should be, Stone asserts, her thoughts of DECEMBER 11 — Dana Rocco always at the forefront. "Oregon had too many Stone has embraced Oregon's "Employment First" program as sheltered workshops where she looks toward the future for people were segregated and not her son, Rocco. adequately compensated," she The program is aimed at help- said. ing get people with special needs As the resultofa classaction out of sheltered workshops and lawsuit, Lane vs. Kitzhaber, into the community workforce. and an executive order issued ccollins©bakercityherald.com
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