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Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscriber Tim Taylor of Baker City.
State, 3A SALEM — In another victory for Oregon's lowcarbon fuel standard, a federal judge threw out a challenge to the biofuels legislation that seeks to lower carbon emissions from gasoline burned in the state. U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken dismissed the case brought by three national oil and trucking industry groups that claimed the so-called clean fuels program discriminates against out-of-state businesses.
By Jayson Jacoby llacoby©bakercityherald.com
The labor union representing workers at the Haggen grocery store in Baker City claims the company isn't doing enough to try to sell the 100 stores, including the one in Baker City, that it wants to closeaspartofits bankruptcy re-organization.
''We know that other companies are looking to buy thesestores, "the letterfrom the union continued."Since the very beginning, we are doing everything we can to make sure that when these storesare sold,they aresold as successful operations and go to good employers who respect union workers and
"Haggen has said in its court filings and has been telling the media that it is closing 100 additional stores because there are no interested buyers. We believe that is simply not true," according to a Sunday letter from the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
our contracts." Haggen, which bought 146 Albertsons stores, including the Baker City store, earlierthisyear,said in apress releaselastweek that it"has been actively working to explore market interestforitsstores...." See HaggenIPage5A
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p one SCBIIIS By Chris Collins ccollins©bakercityherald.com
Once again, Lt. Dustin Newman of the Baker City Police is warning community residentsthat ifthey receive a phone call offering somethingtoogood to betrue,it probably is — hang up. William Olechno, 58, of Baker City, received a phone call this week announcing
that he'd won $350,000 in a
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BLM manager to speak to mining association Don Gonzalez, manager of the BLM's Vale District, will be the guest speaker at the Eastern Oregon Mining Association's meeting Friday, Oct. 2 at 6 p.m. at Baker City Hall, 1655 First St. Gonzalez will talk about the sage grouse. He will be accompanied by Steve Flock, a geologist for the BLM's Baker Resource Area. Flock will answer mining-specific questions.
Feast of St. Francis to be celebrated The Feast of St. Francis is celebrated in churches nationwide on Sunday, Oct. 4. St. Stephen's Episcopal will host a brief liturgy for the traditional Blessing of the Animals on the feastday at9 a.m. on the front steps of the church, on First Street between Broadway and Church, with the red doors. Well-behaved pets are also welcome in church for the regular service that follows, said Aletha Bonebrake. "All who wish are welcome to come in and celebrate Holy Eucharist with us, the Rev. RichardThew presiding," she said. There will also be Sunday school for young children.
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The moon took on a rusty red tint during the eclipse Sunday night.
Photo by Stephanie Mays
The moon gradually moved out of the Earth's shadow Sunday as the eclipse waned. Baker County residents had a clear view of the rare celestial event — a 'supermoon' coinciding with a full lunar eclipse.
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Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. For just a few dollars of his own, delivered through Western Union, the prize would be delivered. Olechno, who didn't enter the sweepstakes competition, saidhe was able to determine the call had originated from Jamaica. The next call he received stated that the Publishers Clearing House "Prize Patrol" was at Seventh and Campbellstreetsand needed additional directions to find his home. 'They take it all the way," Olechno said of the scammers. He called the newspaper Thursday as part ofhis effortto alertothersin Baker City about the scam and to urge them to take action to protectthemselves. Olechno said he has called his phone service provider in an attempt to block such calls in the future and he plans to call the Federal Communications Commission. Another scam phone call came to his home at 7:10 a.m. Thursday, he said. The caller stated that a UPS truck was 35 minutes away from his home and would be delivering a prize package. In orderto obtain the prize,
he was required to pay $500 upon delivery. "I hung up on it," he said. Lt. Newman agrees that hanging up is a good course of action. "Not many people give away millions for doing absolutely nothing," he said. "Be careful." The real Publishers Clearing House is well aware of the scams that are operating under its good name.
Bill Harvey First Friday with Baker County Commission Chairman Bill Harvey is set for this Friday, Oct. 2, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. in Commission chambers at the Courthouse, 1995 Third St. in Baker City.
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OregonBridgeConditionReport
ean ue e atea ectin ri erenair By Pat Caldwell For the Baker City Herald
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There is both good news and bad news regarding the stateofOregon bridges in a recent Oregon Department of Transportation report. The good news: Accord-
ing to the September report, overall, the condition of thestate'sbridges shows improvement since 2007. The improved quality of the state's bridges can be traced back to the 2003 Oregon Transportation Investment
Yet those renovations are "catch-up" repairs, according to the report, and the longdeposited $1.3 billion into the term projections ofbridge conditionspainta picture of state's bridges and helped fuel repairs on more than steadydeterioration on aging 120 bridgesplusthereplace- spans and lack of funding. ment of 140 more spans. According tothereport, Act iOTIA Illl and infusion of federal funds in 2008 and 2009. The OTIA III program
more than half of the state's bridges were constructed before 1970 which means more than 50 percent will reach the end of their lifespan within five years. See BridgesIPage2A
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