Baker City Herald Daily Paper 06-27-14

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A special good day to Herald subscribers Mike and Sandy Cross of Baker City.

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shows will be on Fourth of 3uly Art galleries in Baker City will be open late on the Fourth of July for the monthly First Friday show openings. Participating galleries are: Atelier Anders, 1802 Main St.; Castle Gallery, 1933 First St.; Cabin Cowboy Designs, 2013 First St.; Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn Ave.; The Dancing Elephant Gallery, 1788 Main St.; Earth and Vine, 2001 Washington Ave., and ShortTerm Gallery, 1829 Main St. Peterson's Gallery, 1935 Main St., will hold an opening Saturday, July 5, instead of Friday. Other downtown stops open July 4 include the Geiser Grand Hotel, 1996 Main St. (special tasting of preserves and sauces) and theTap Room at Barley Brown's, 2200 Main St. (open until 6 p.m.) For details about each art show,checkthe story in the July 2 edition of Go! Magazine, an insert ofthe Baker City Herald.

Book, yard sales Saturday at North Powder NORTH POWDERThe city's annual library book sale and citywide yard sale is planned for Saturday, June 28. The book sale will be near theWolf Creek Grange on E Street, next to the Post Office. The North Powder United Methodist Church will be selling sack lunches, which include a barbecued pulled pork sandwich, chips and cookie for $5, or nachos for $3. Drinks will be available. People who buy a sack lunch can choose one book, priced at $1 or less, for free. Maps of the more than 20 yard sales will be available at the PostOffice,booksale, Evans Corner store and several of the yard sales themselves.

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A glass display case travels to another home since its beginnings at the former Neuberger and Heilner clothing store on Main Street in downtown Baker City. Powder River Correctional Facility inmates provided the muscle June 20 to move the historic case from Crossroads Carnegie Art Center to the Baker Heritage Museum, where others like it are used for displaying artifacts. The case was the front counter for Crossroads Arts when the center was at the Neuberger and Heilner Building and later made the move to the Carnegie Libraryon Auburn Avenue. Steve Bogart,center background, helped manage the move. Doug Newman of Robbins Farm Equipment supplied a truck and trailer.

By Lisa Britton For the Baker City Herald

A simple gikcame with a surprise mcentiywhen Cmssmads Carnegie Art Center gaveaglasscabinettothe Baker Heritage Museum. Turns outitwasn't the onlyone of its kind. "Unbeknownst to us, its matched partner is at the museum," said Ginger Savage, Cmssmads director. The displaycase was originallyused at the Neuberger and Heilner department store on Main Street. When Crossroads moved into that

cabinet," Savage said. But the time came for it to leave Crossroads to make more space, and theboardofduectorsdecided to offerit to the museum. Once it was delivered, museum duector Chris Cantrell called Savage to tell her about the matching cabinet aheady at the museum, at 2480 Gmve St. "It' swhereitneeds to be,"Savage

space, the case was used as the fmnt counter. The case made the trip to the Carnegie Library whenit became home to Crossroads in Sav age 2008iitisthesecond time Crossroads has occupied the

Carnegie). At the art gallery, the case was m oved amundtowhereitwasneeded — mostlyin fmntof the north windows in the gallery space. "It's a beautifully dassic, heavy, oak

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The Farewell Bend motel, restaurant and truckstop,the Interstate 84 travelcomplex closed since May 2011, has a new owner and, possibly, a future. The complex's closure created a commercial void on the comparatively lonely 73-mile stretch of freeway between Baker City and Ontario. Farewell Bend is about 50 miles southeast of Baker City. Since the gas station and restaurant in Durkee, about 23 miles southeast of Baker City, closed last spring, only Huntington, about four miles from Farewell Bend, has offeredthose amenities along thatsection of I-84. BahadurSingh ofSalem bought the Farewell Bend complex last June for $450,000, according to the Malheur County Assessor's Offtce. SeeFarewell/Page 8A

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The restaurant, motel and other businesses at Farewell Bend closed in May 2011.

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A smoldering dispute among several Baker City Council members regarding Mayor Richard Langrell's comments Button and actions flamedopenlyTuesday night, sending a clear signal that the controversy could have long-term implications. At the end of the Council meeting Tuesday, Councilor Clair Button asked City Manager Mike Kee to place a proposal on the next meeting agenda to discuss Langrell's job performance, with the ultimate objective ofhaving the Council decide whether torescindLangrell'sstatus as mayor. The position is largely a ceremonial one — the mayor, who is elected by his fellow councilors, not the voters, has no vetopower or otherlegislative authority beyond that of the six other councilors. SeeMayor I Page8A

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rallying cry Bill Bishop is calling all members of American Legion Post 41 to attend a meeting at the Legion Hall next week. An important election is scheduled during the session, which will begin at 6 p.m., at the Legion Hall at 2129 Second St. Bishop, who has been appointed Post commander by district offtcials, will lead members of the Baker City veterans organization through a vote to elect new offtcers during Thursday's meeting. The Baker Post is in dangeroffolding ifmembers don't rally to reorganize, Bishop said. He is a past commander of the Baker American Legion Post, having served in 2004 when the Post claimed 214 members. Today there are fewer than 100 members, Bishop said. "People need to get involved again," he said, in urging members to attend Thursday's meeting. Fundraising efforts helped the Legion survive a threatenedclosure lastspring attributed to declining revenue and a lack of new members.

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