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A special good day to Herald subscriber James Lampkinsof Baker City.

Sports, 6A Tribute to the late Daryl Ross from sports editor Gerry Steele: I was saddened to hear of the passing of my former classmate, Daryl Ross, in Burns Feb. 17. Daryl, 60, and I both graduated from Baker High School in 1972. Arguably one of the best boys basketball players to play for the Bulldogs, Daryl anchored the middle on the 1972 Baker team that placed second in the Class 4A state tournament, losing to Jefferson59-52 in the title game at Memorial Coliseum. I was one of the managers on that team.

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• Board picks Betty Palmer as assistant superintendent and director of curriculum By Chris Collins ccollins©bakercityherald.com

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. See Witty/Page 5A

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ON PAGE 5A: Baker School Board member Kyle Knight will resign March 30

Estateplanning program planned March 12 A free community program on "The Essentials of Estate Planning" issetfor1 p.m.to 3 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at Community Connection, 2810 Cedar St. in Baker City. Topics that will be covered include key rules to remember and estate planning options to help avoid probate. These monthly talks, presented on the secondThursday, are sponsored by the Baker County Long Term Care Coordination Team.

'A Night at Old Auburn'

The Baker Heritage Museum's annual "A Night at Old Auburn" fundraiser is Saturday, Feb. 28, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the museum, 2480 Grove St. Tickets are $38, and include dinner by Baker Truck Corral Catering, live entertainment, casino-st yle games and bingo. There are also prizes for those who arrive dressed in 1860s apparel.

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and Jayson Jacoby A two-day search that involved police offrcers, state fish and wildlife workers and a pair of trained tracking hounds turned up no sign of a cougar thattwo people reported seeing Wednesday afternoon in south Baker City. No one else has reported seeing a cougar since the two

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Baker County Commissioner Mark Bennett said Thursday that commissioners will start emailing public notices to the media and other interested parties in advance of the weekly work sessions commissioners have been having since the start of the year. These sessions have taken place on the Wednesday mornings between commissioners' regular

when two people reported seeing a cougar west of Highway 7 near the Sinclair service station and foodmart,atthecorner of the highway and David Eccles

Road. Kenneth Clement was working at his part-time job at the Sinclair station when a customer pointed out a curious sight along the hillside just west of the highway.

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March events By Lisa Britton For the Baker City Herald

bimonthly meetings, which are on the first and third Wednesday of each month. The work sessions qualify as public meetings under Oregon law, since a quorum of the Commission is present iwith just three commissioners, only two have to be present to constitute a quorum) and commissioners are discussing county business. Bennett said commissioners have not made any decisions during the work sessions, nor do they intend to.

Elishah Thomas remembers well the years she worked at Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch, and the lives she saw changed — for children and for horses. 'The ranch is an amazing place," she said. Thomas, who lives in Baker City, grew up in Tumalo, which is west of Bend. After she finished college, she worked on a youth ranch for awhile, and then heard about Crystal Peaks when she returned home.

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original sightings, Baker City Police Lt. Kirk McCormick said this morning. He urges anyone who thinks they have seen a cougar, or found tracksorotherpossible sign of the animal, to call the police dispatch at541-523-6415. The search has focused on the southwest corner of the city, generally west of Highway 7 and south of Auburn Avenue. The situation started just early Wednesday afternoon

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Baker County Sheriff Mitch Southwick announced Wednesday that he will retire from a law enforcement career of more than 40 years at the end of April. Southwick, who turns 65 Sout h wick on March 4, informed Baker County commissioners of his retirement plans during the commission's work session Wednesday.

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Joe Curtis, right, andWyn Lohner, Baker City Police chief, search for cougar sign along Myrtle StreetThursday. Curtis says his dogs are used mainly for bobcat hunting. Barreta is the dark Plott breed and June is a Walker tree hound.

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A Pendleton man hiked about 17 miles on a snowbound road in the Blue Mountains westof Baker City, andhis wife and sister-in-law walked about2V2 miles last week after their four-wheel

drive rig got stuck in snow between Ukiah and Granite. All three came out of the ordeal with no major injuries. "But it could have had a different outcome," said Grant County Undersheriff Todd McKinley, who rescued

the two women who started walking toward Granite after third member of the group, one of the women's husbands, hadn't returned with help almost a full

day after he left. SeeStucklPage8A

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