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Serving Baker County since 1870 • bakercityheralckcom
September 29, 2014
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WallowaWhitmaneases public use restrictions; Baker City allows hunting in watershed
By Chris Collins ccollins©bakercityherald.com
The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest has eased its fire restrictions, allowing firewood cutters to use chain saws at any time. Chain saw use had been restricted to between 8 p.m. and1 p.m. due to fire danger. Recent cooler weather and rain has reduced the fire risk. Firewood cutting is allowed on the WallowaWhitman through Nov. 30. With the fire danger easing, Baker City officials are allowing hunters with a valid tag to hunt in the watershed. Hunters need to get a free permit at City Hall, 1655 First St. More information: call 541524-2063.
Learn which legal documents elderly should have prepared The Baker County Long Term Care CoordinationTeam's"Monthly Conversations for Building a Quality Eldercare Tool kit" focuses in October on needed legal documents for situations that are likely to arise over the course of aging. This free to the community class — "5 MustHave Eldercare Legal Documents" — will be heldThursday, Oct. 9, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Baker County Community Connections, 2810 Cedar St. in Baker City Topics that will be covered include: the five must-have legal documents, why you should have them, and how you can get them. Plus stories to remind you why you don't want to put off getting them done or updated. Baker County Long Term Care CoordinationTeam says getting your affairs in order, no matter howyoung or old you may be, is common sense. However it is something we often put off until it's too late.
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St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City has announced thatit will close its nursing home in the next two months. The decision came last week in a meeting of the Community Hospital Board, which is chaired by Matt Shirtciifl; who also is Baker County district attorney. "Forthe board,ithad to do with timing and can people's n eeds be met," S~ s ai d . ''We've had several people leave in the last month or so and the state is pushing for people to be in a more homebased environment. ''With the dedine in numbers, itjust made sense,"
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Twenty-two trees will accent and offer shade at the Quail Ridge Golf Course. A Saturday work party of volunteers included, from left, Larry Smith, John Echeverria, Colt Nudd, Ron Ulrey, Chuck Peterson and Greg Brinton.
By Lisa Britton For the Baker City Herald
"Over time, with preferences changing and the state's initiatives, use has slowly been on the decline and we have had to respond to that," Schlaich said. SeeNursingIPage 2A
at Quail Ridge Golf Course. "No one asked them — they just heard we were planting and showed up," said Bill Tiedemann, general manager. He and Jeff Stahman, superintendent of the city-owned course at 2801 Indiana Ave., are thankM for the countless hours Tiedemann logged by volunteers on projects — filling divots, removing weeds, planting flowers and more — throughout the 140acre, 18-hole course. "I could never do it all by myself," Stahman said. Tiedemann took over on Jan. 1 as general manager, and Stahman was hired later that month. Previously Stahman worked on a golf course in
Fill up on food, art this weekend Kathy Orr /Baker City Herald
Volunteers, including OregonTrail Electric Cooperative, installed this practice net at Quail Ridge Golf Course. St. George, Utah. He has a degree in turf science from Kansas State University. Stahman really likes it in Baker City. 'You have the best views in the
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A total of 16 local restaurants, along with 18 artists, will display their wares this weekend in Baker City. The annual Taste of Baker is set for Saturday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. And theOpen Studio Tour, sponsored by the Baker Art Guild, is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Historic Baker City Inc., sponsor of Taste of Baker, will sell tokens for special foodofferings atavariety of restaurants all around town. Tokens will be available at Charley's Ice Cream, 2101 Main St., Earth and Vine, 2001Washington Ave., and the Neuberger-Heilner Building, 1901 Main St. More information about TasteofBaker isavailableby calling Jeff at 541-403-2003. Information about the Open Studio Tour is available from Crossroads, 541-523-
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About 20 volunteers braved a chilly wind and gray skies Saturday morning to help plant 22 new trees
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Therearejust15 patients at the 35-bed nursing home at this time, Joshua Schlaich, St. Alphonsus spokesman, said. When it was built in 1987, the nursing home included 80
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This view from the back nine overlooks about half of Quail Ridge Golf Course. BillTiedemann, general manager, said 64 more trees will be planted at the course in the next two years.
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