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Serving Baker County since 1870 • bakercityherald.com
July 11, 2014
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The Gentry Ford Diamondbacks are hosting their annual American Legion wood bat baseball tournament today through Sunday at the Baker Sports Complex. Baker's games will be at1:30 p.m. today againstWinnemucca No. 2 and 6:30 p.m. today against MiltonFreewater. Baker then plays Perth, Australia, at 4 p.m. Saturday, and Winnemucca No. 1 at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Birds of prey Saturday at Heritage Museum This Saturday, Blue Mountain Wildlife will bring birds of prey to the Baker Heritage Museum to mark the opening of the new wildlife exhibit. The event will be from1 p.m.to3 p.m. Blue Mountain Wildlife is a nonprofit rehabilitation and education center that serves Eastern Oregon and Southeastern Washington. Also, entries in the museum's wildlife photography contest are on display, and visitors are encouraged to vote for their favorite images. The museum,located at 2480 Grove St., is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $6 adults, $5 seniors and youth (age 13-17) and free for youth 12 and younger.
Vacation Bible School at Lutheran Church "Gangway to Galilee Amazing Grace Adventures" is the theme of First Lutheran Church's Vacation Bible School scheduled July 14-18 The program, for grade-school age children, will be from 9 a.m. to noon daily Monday through Friday at the church at 1734Third St. "The week-long program focuses on Jesus — how he is active in our lives," Sharon Noble, VBS director, stated in a press release. "We will hear how he calls us, teaches us, protects us, saves us and provides all we need."
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A 500-horsepower V-8 engine from a Corvette motor moves this Harley-Davidson Boss Hoss motorcycle owned by Frank and Debra Saniti of Boring, Ore. They spentThursday morning cleaning and polishing the bike at Baker High School in preparation for Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally, which continues through Sunday. Usually touring on two wheels, the Sanitis traveled by motor home and a trailer for their first-time participation at the Baker City event. "This is a great town. We love it!" Frank says. People are friendly, the city and streets are clean and the historic aspect is incredible, he said.
The number of motorcyctes might not be the only record set this weekend in Baker City. How about tents? The grassyfieldsaround Baker High School resemble nothing so much the camp firefighters assemble when a big blaze is going. Steve Folkestad, who with his brother, Eric, started the Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally, expects as many as 8,000 riders to converge on Baker City this weekend. A goodly percentage of that number was already here this morning, based on the frequency of Harley V-Twin reverberations bouncing off downtown buildings. Although motorcycles will be parked along Main Street iclosed to other trafllcl all weekend, the official show starts at 7 p.m. Saturday.
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Tammie and Brian Andrus set up camp at Baker High School with a minimum of necessities, but an abundance of humor Thursday morning. The riders from Reno, Nev., attended the 2013 Hells Canyon Motorcycle Rally and say they plan to come back annually. "You actually get to ride here," Brian said. Tammie agreed, saying, "It's more about riding and not partying."
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The Baker City Council session Tuesday night pretty much played out as expected for two of the key participants. Both former Mayor Richard Langrell and new mayor Clair Button said there weren't any major surprises. The meeting at City Hall showcased a showdown of sorts between councilors who sought to strip Langrell ofhis title as mayor, and those who supported him remaining as mayor at least through the end ofhis current two-year term, which expires in January 2015. On a 4-3 vote the council decidedtorescind Langrell's titleand,in a separatemove, chose Button as mayor. In Baker City government, the mayor is not elected by the people but chosen by the members of the Council. "It was completely expected," Langrell said of the council's decision.
Jeff Sizer just wanted a sandwich. What he got, from that
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visit to Subway in Baker City, was to be the subject of a photograph that went flying across the Internet claiming"FOUND! Real-
Life Middle-Aged Napoleon Dynamite And Pedro.n Napolean and Pedro were leadcharacters in the 2004 movie"Napolean Dynamite."
Unbeknownst to Sizer, someone snapped a photo of him and the stranger next to him at Subway. See Sizer/Bge 6A
Baker City Police are working to identify the owners of items they believewere taken by a car prowler over the past few weeks. The items were recovered Wednesday from a vehicle driven by Patrick Cleveland, 33, of 19301 Hughes Lane. Lt. Kirk McCormick stoppedthe 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe Cleveland was driving about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Albertsons parking loty. Cleveland was arraigned Thursday in Baker County Circuit Court on five counts of unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle and four counts of theft, including one felony theft charge. He remains in custody today at the Baker County Jail. McCormick said he stopped Cleveland based on a description ofCleveland's vehicle provided by an employee at The Dollar Tree. See ArrestlPageGA
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