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By Jayson Jacoby llacoby©bakercityherald.com

West Nile virus has returned to Baker County for the second straight summer. The Baker Valley Vector Control District announced Wednesday that mosquitoes trapped July 21 in Keating Valley, about 20 miles west of New Bridge, were infected with West Nile virus. New Bridge is outside the Vector Control District. The OregonStateUniversity Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Corvallis tested the mosquitoes and confirmed they were infected, said Matt Hutchinson, manager of the Baker Valley Vector Control District.

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Firewood cutting banned, campfires limited Due to persistent hot, dry weather and increasing fire danger, starting tonight at midnight, campfires on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest will be allowed only in designated campgrounds and recreation sites, and using chain saws for firewood cutting will be prohibited. Campfires are still allowed, however, in the following wilderness areas: Eagle Cap, North Fork John Day, Monument Rock and Hells Canyon. Also, liquid or bottled gas stoves and heaters are allowed, even outside designated campgrounds or recreation areas. Year-round restrictions on campfiresfor instance, they're not allowed within 1/4-mile of some lakes in the Eagle Cap — remain in effect. No off-road travel on motor vehicles is allowed, including on roads blocked by a gate, barricade, log, boulders orearthen berm. A full list of restrictions is available at: www.fs.usda.gov/wallowa-whitman and also by toll-free phone call at 541-523-1 234.

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Correction:A member of the El KorahTin Lizzies Shrine unit featured in a photograph in the Monday edition of the Baker City Herald was misidentified. He is Joe Kowalczyk.

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Cattle along Chandler Lane in BakerValley hang close to water as summer heat continues.

By Pat Caldwell pcaldyyell©bakercityherald.com

Baker County Commission Chairman Fred Warner Jr. said the drought declaration inked Wednesday at the Courthouse will help local agricultureproducers secure faster accessto anyfederalorstate relief programs. The Baker County commissioners signed off on the drought declaration

at its regular meeting, an administrativeaction thatresonates in terms of the impact of drought across the state and the western Great Basin. Searching for a viable method to battle drought conditions is now nearly a yearly challenge, Warner sald. ''We've been in and out of drought the last four or five years," he said. According to the U.S. Drought

Monitor index in Lincoln, Nebraska, a large swath of Southeastern Oregon — including most of Malheur County — is currently in either"extreme" or "exceptional" drought. Much of Baker County has waded into either"moderate"or"severe"drought — the more severe conditions prevailing in the southern part of the county. SeeDrought/Bge 8A

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Two filmmakers will give behind-the-scenes peeks at their craft during the fifthannual WeLike 'Em Short film festival Aug. 14-17 in Baker City. The festival includes seven screenings — including "Best of the 40th Filmmakers Festival"and two presentations by visiting filmmakers. The film festival is held at the Eltrym Theater, 1809 FirstSt.A festivalpass$40 — gains entrance to

all the screenings, plus the specialpresentations. General admission to each screening is $8. The two workshops are $25 eachiorfreew ith a festival

pass). A portionofthe proceeds will benefit the Film Arts Club at Baker High School and also supports Thursday Art Night. This year, organizers only accepted submissions of comedyand animated shorts.

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crypto linger By Pat Caldwell pcaldyyell©bakercityherald.com

The necessity for a rapid response to an unfolding crisis proved tobeone ofthe key lessons Baker City's top official said he learned from the2013 cryptosporidium outbreak. City Manager Mike Kee said last summer's crypto crisis was unprecedented in city history Kee and presented elected and appointed officials with an array of challenges seemingly at once. Yet Kee said the city acted promptly once it was determined that the municipal drinking water system probably was contaminated with crypto in July 2013. The waterborne parasite can cause persistent watery diarrhea, stomach cramps and fever. Generally it enters a water system through feces, whether animal or human.

"Bird of Flames," a 2012 music video by David Lynch SeeSecrets/Page 7A and Chrysta Bell, was directed by ChelWhite.

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