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September 26, 2014

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Good Day Wish To A Subscriber

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PanicAlarmAccidentallyActivatedWednesdayAtBrooklynSchool

A special good day to Herald subscriber Rosalie Stoakes of Baker City.

Local, SA SEATTLE — Faced with increasing criticism of a proposal that would restrict media filming in wilderness areas,the head ofthe U.S. Forest Service said late Thursday that the rule is not intended to apply to news-gathering activities.

The 8th-annual Great Salt Lick Contest and Auction on

Saturday raised $9,334 from the auction and $2,025 in local sponsorships, according to Whit Deschner, event organizer.

Nation SA WASHINGTON — Eric Holder, who served as the public face of the Obama administration's legal fight against terrorism and weighed in on issues of racial fairness, is resigning after six years on the job.

Of that amount, $2,000 will go to Tanya Denne to aid her Parkinson's research of the Indian legume Mucuna pruriens in India. She also received100 percent ofthe proceedsofthree saltblocks she got donated, which to-

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taled an additional $875.

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bazaar Oct. 4 The Baker United Methodist Church's annual fall bazaar will be Saturday, Oct. 4, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church, 1919 Second St. Newly crafted items, houseplants, baked goods, yard sale treasures, warm cinnamon rolls and coffee will all be available.

Rolling slowdown on Interstate &4 On Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 7 a.m., OTEC, along with Certified Personnel Services, will be constructing an overhead freeway crossing for a line extension. This involves a rolling slowdown on 1-84 to accommodate this. It will begin on eastbound lanes at milepost 254.27 and westbound at milepost 279.69. Pilot cars will be traveling at 35mph to accommodate the work at milepost 263.65 to cross the freeway. The work will take less than 10 minutes.

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Doug Dalton, right, District 5J business manager, explained to a few parents of Brooklyn Primary students that the school's security alarm system was activated accidentallyWednesday morning. He was joined by District 5J SuperintendantWaltWegener, left, and personnel from the Sheriff's Department and Emergency Management.

By Chris Collins and Jayson Jacoby

Tense time for parents

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An unexpected test of the panic alarm system at Brooklyn Primary School sent about a dozen law enforcement officers and other emergency service workers to the school Wednesday morning. Fortunately, it was a false alarm and the children and staff inside the building were never in any danger. The school at 1350 Washington Ave. houses about 450 students in GradesK-3 and a staffof about 35. Doug Dalton, the Baker School District's chief financial officer and business manager, said that although district officials want toavoid accidental activati ons ofthe alarm, the system worked just as it'ssupposed to,and the reactions by Brooklyn staff, students and the emergency responders also were appropriate.

By Lisa Britton For the Baker City

Herald

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All Baker School District employees, including bus drivers, are issued a fob that can activate the emergency alarm system and initiate a school lockdown. To activate the alarm you have to simultaneously push and hold down both buttons. ''We feelsaferbecause of it," Dalton said Thursday morning."I think yesterday went well." The district has installed the alarm system, which can be activated by plastic wireless fobs that all employees carry or, in some buildings, by a wall-

mounted panel, at Baker High School, Baker Middle School, Brooklyn and South Baker and at Haines

School. Offtcials also plan to install the system at Keating Elementary.

After two school scares within two weeks, Marianne Stone has had quite enough worrying. Her oldest son, Griffin, is a student at Baker Middle School, where school was delayed on Sept. 9 while police investigated a bomb threat. Then on Wednesday of this week, Brooklyn Primary School had a lockdown.

OSU to honor Baker native By Jayson Jacoby ]]acoby©bakercityherald.com

Oregon State University will dedicate its new residence hall, named for Baker City native, the late William "Bill"Tebeau, with a ceremony Oct. 9. The event will start at 2 p.m. at Tebeau

Hall, 1351 S.W. Washington Ave. in Corvallis. Tebeau Tebeau, who died July 5, 2013, in Salem at age 87, was the first black man to graduate from Oregon State. He earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering in 1948. Tebeau graduated from Baker High School in 1943.

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67/41 Mostly cloudy Full forecast on the back of the B section.

Correction: Photos on Pages1 and 3 of Wednesday's Baker City Herald incorrectly identified student Kyler Hester as Ethan Myers. The photos, with correct captions, are on Page 3A today.

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A lone calf elk finds sanctuary amid pastured cattle belonging to the Thomas Angus Ranch along Pocahontas RoadTuesday.

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