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A special good day to Herald subscriber Elvin Carter of Baker City.
Oregon, 5A SALEM (APj — An Oregon Senate committee advanced a vaccine bill ahead of a key deadline Tuesday, passing a measure that seeks to increase the number of immunized children and requires schools to publish vaccination rates.
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• Seventy-six quilts donated to Elks Children's Eye Clinic in Portland
• School Board appoints Melissa Irvine to fill vacancy
BRIEFING By Chris Collins ccollins©bakercityherald.com
Hells Canyon half m arathon setfor
After more than 10 years as Baker Middle School principal, Mindi Vaughan will be moving to her new offtce 10 miles down the road next year. She has been reassigned as principal of Haines and Keating Elementary schools. Vaughan also will serve as the district's federalprograms director and serve as liaison to families who Vaughan are homeless. She replaces the retiring Anthony Johnson, in the principalships and the federal programs job. Kim Virtue is retiring from her job as the district's longtime liaison for students who are homeless. Mark Witty, who has been hired as 5J superintendent beginning July 1, presented his plan for restructuring the district's leadership team to the Baker School Board Tuesday night.
May 16 The 2015 Race Through Hells Canyon, which includes a half marathon as well as 5K and 10K stroll/walk courses, is set for May 16. The event starts at the Oxbow School. Preregistration is due by May1. Pre-registration fees are $20 per adult, $15 for kids 10 and older and free for kids younger than 10. Those who register after May 1 will pay $25 per adult. There is a discount fee of $60 per team for groups of four. All registrations include a T-shirt. Registration on the day of the race starts at 2 p.m. PDT.The half marathon starts at 3 p.m. and the 5K/10K at 4 p.m. After the races, there will be an awards presentation, barbecue dinner, silent auction and live music at the Hells Canyon Inn. Register online at http://racethroughhellscanyon.weebly.com
Watershed Council meets May 6 A state water supply official will be the guest speaker at the Powder Basin Watershed Council's monthly meeting setforW ednesday,May 6 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Baker 5J School District building, 2090 Fourth St. Jon Unger is the water supply development coordinator for the Oregon Water Resources Department. He will talk about Senate Bill 839, which would help the state support water supply projects. Refreshments will be provided. More information is available by calling the Council office at541-523-7288 or by email at pbwcoutreach@qwestoffice.net.
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Pine-Eagle teacher sues over 2013 shooter drill By Chris Collins
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Monica Bailey, left, and Cherrie Conklin sort through some of the 76 handmade quilts that Baker County quilters are donating to the Elks Children's Eye Clinic in Portland.
By Lisa Britton For the Baker City Herald
Women in Baker City are sending quilted comfort to the young patients at the Elks Children's Eye Clinic in Portland. Patients at the clinic receive a handmade quilt after surgery, and then get to take it home. "Usually the kids wake up
with a quilt on their bed," said Bethany Painter, research assistant at the clinic. Joannah Vaughan, Elks liaison, said the clinic has more than 16,000 pediatric patient visits ayear and 1,200surgeries. Each child who has surgery receives a quilt. 'This quilt makes a differ-
A Pine-Eagle Charter School teacher has 6led a lawsuit against the school district, board members and district administrators in connection with an"active shooter drill" at the school two years ago. Linda Mallery Mclean 6led the complaint Fridayin US. District Courtin Portland. The longtime elementary school teacher claims she was traumatized by the drill, which the complaint terms"simulated mass mrnders,s and has been unable to work at the school because ofit.
ence. It makes them feel loved," Vaughan said. The Oregon State Elks Association put out a request to Elks lodges across the state to provide 12 quilts for the clinic, which was started in partnership with the Elks in 1949. See Quilts/Page3A
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Qrantwill Sayto assessPilcher, Wolf Cr.tiamneetis By Jayson Jacoby llacoby©bakercityherald.com
The federal government will spend $60,000 to hire engineers to study two local irrigation dams and decide whether either needs upgrades. The money from the U.S. Department ofAgriculture will go to the Powder Valley Water Control District and pay for assessments of the Pilcher Creek and Wolf Creek dams. Both are in southern Union County. Wolf Creek is about six miles northwest of North Powder, and Pilcher Creek is about two miles west of Wolf Creek. Wolf Creek dam was built in 1975, and Pilcher Creek in 1984. Both are earthfill construction. The two reservoirs are about the same size when full, at 220 acres, but Wolf Creek holds more water — 11,100acre-feetto PilcherCreek's5,910 acre-feet. This difference is due to Wolf Creek's greater depth — a maximum of 125 feet compared with Pilcher Creek's 95. S. John Collins / Baker City Herald file photo, July 2013
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