Baker City News

An Army brat and the eighth of 11 kids, Denise Thomas-Morrow was born in England and raised in Baker City, Ore., where her dad retired after serving at a nearby radar post.

Members of the Northeast Oregon Regional SWAT Team undergo weapons training at their range south of La Grande, which is hosting the SWAT team as well as other special operations officers from the area for a weeklong training.

Kevin D. Cassidy, a resident of the Rock Creek area near Haines, and Richard McKim of Baker City have been elected to four-year terms on the Baker School Board, according to unofficial results from the Baker County Clerk's Office.

Deciding whether - or how - to cut $150,000 from Baker City's personnel expenses will be the task tonight of the 14-member budget board.

Daily sessions are scheduled through Thursday, though the process could end earlier.

Bruce Buffington of the Northwest Bicycle Safety Council has already taken his bike out on the new Tualatin Valley Scenic Bikeway.

Deb Gargalis, Worksource Oregon's Eastern Region manager, accepts an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Seven Seals Award from State ESGR Chair Norm Koffman and Vice Chair Dan Hitchcock.

Baker City Councilors on Tuesday decided they want to hear more residents' opinions before taking any action to curtail smoking, and possibly use of all tobacco products, in city parks and recreation areas.

Not so often do you hear about trails with rails. But that is the dream - a trail along the Joseph Branch rail line between Elgin and Joseph.

Land will be exchanged, off-road motorcycle riders and park users will be separated and the city will gain $684,000 in cash as a result of a grant approved by the state.

Emilie Montgomery-Jones and Scilla Coe, both of La Grande, ride along with a cattle drive on the Grande Tour Scenic Bikeway Saturday east of Baker City.

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and Oregon Tourism Commission announces the designation of two new state scenic bikeways: the Tualatin Valley and Madras Mountain Views.

"Every year historic properties across Oregon are rehabilitated and reused, enriching neighborhoods, revitalizing Main Streets, conserving resources, and attracting visitors," writes Peggy Moretti, executive director of the league.

Eddie Denten shows his imagination when Baker Headstart children are given free rein with paint and brush to create birdhouses for veterans in Baker City during a project Friday sponsored by Veteran Advocates of Oregon and Idaho.

Even inside his worn leather gloves, Tim Gabriel 's fingers are coated with a layer of black soot, the byproduct of forging iron rods into cattails and curling blades of grass.

Priscilla Harvey, owner of the new Good Seed Bagel shop in Baker City, displays some of the restaurant's bagels and other baked goods.

A 1957 Roadmaster convertible, owned by Dale and Diane Wilkins of Gig Harbor, Wash., is expected to be among 20 vintage Buicks that will be parked in front of Baker Garage from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Water from the Smith Ditch, an irrigation canal that runs along Spring Garden Hill at the southeast corner of Baker City, spilled over Monday morning but damage was minimal and limited to one property.

S. John Collins / Baker City Herald Author Nancy Coffelt is an artist in residence at Brooklyn Primary.

A video made by two Baker City women will help pay for new playground equipment at the city's largest public park.