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The Outdoor Column: Cedar plank trout —7 The Geiser Grand’s glass gets new sparkle —10 Landslide closes road near Oxbow —10 Baker County Press Friday, January 30, 2015 • Volume 2, Issue 5 Th eBakerCountyPress.com • Your local weekly news source! 75¢ LOCAL NEWS: HEADLINE STORIES • LOCAL ARTICLES • OUTDOORS • AGRICULTURE • CLASSIFIEDS Mining Summit exposes issues with process, perception BAKER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOYCOTT BLUE MOUNTAIN FOREST PLAN REVISION MEETING MOU still unsigned by counties Brian Addison / The Baker County Press Rep.Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario) Bentz (center) address- es the crowd. At left, Dave Hunnicutt, Executive Director of Oregonians In Action and mining lobby- ist. At right, Larry Givens, Umatilla County Commis- sioner and Vice President of Oregon Association of Counties. By Brian Addison Brian Addison / The Baker County Press Tom Montoya (center), USFS Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Supervisor, addresses county commissioners from the Blue Mountain region about the Blue Mountain Forest Plan revision. By Brian Addison Brian@TheBakerCountyPress.com United States Forest Ser- vice (USFS) Region 6 For- ester Jim Peña has a goal of fi nalizing the revised Blue Mountain Forest Plan within one year. On Monday, January 26, the USFS met with com- missioners from several Oregon and Washington counties with hopes to obtain signatures from those commissioners on an Memo of Understanding (MOU) defi ning county vs. USFS roles in the process. The USFS has been in the process of developing the revision of the Blue Mountain Forest Plan for the past decade. The plan guides ac- tivities on three national forests, the Wallowa- Whitman, Malheur, and Umatilla. The plan revision currently stands in draft form. Peña and the three USFS supervisors for the Blue Mountain national forests, Tom Montoya for the Wallowa-Whitman, Kevin Martin for the Uma- tilla, and Steve Beverlin for the Malheur, hosted Brian@TheBakerCountyPress.com The perception outside the state goes that Oregon is closed for business when it comes to mining and mineral exploration. That was the opinion stated by several expert panelists during the Eastern Oregon Mining and Aggre- gate Development Summit 2015, held Tuesday, January 27 at the Baker County Events Center. Local and state po- litical representatives joined industry lobbyists and legal professionals in welcoming an audience of 103 registered participants during the day-long mining summit. the meeting in Pendleton with the county commis- sioners from the Blue Mountain Forest region and state agency person- nel, to discuss the roll-out of the draft of the Blue Mountain Forest Plan Revision. See MINING SUMMIT / Page 3 See MOU STILL UNSIGNED/ Page 9 Hospice workers let grief fly away on the wings of doves More meth arrests By Gina K. Swartz Gina@TheBakerCountyPress.com Gina K. Swartz / The Baker County Press Dove-shaped balloons were released into the air Wednesday in memory of the patients who passed away in the last few weeks. Friday Partly cloudy with temperatures in the lower 40s. Lows at night in the mid-20s. Saturday Pleasant but cool day with abundant sunshine, highs in the lower to mid 40s. Gradual increase of clouds at night. Lows in the mid 20s. Sunday Increasing clouds, slight chance of rain/show showers. Highs around 40 degrees. Lows in the upper 20s with a very slight chance of rain. On Wednesday morn- ing, Heart ‘n Home Hos- pice released biodegrad- able balloons, shaped like white doves, to represent the 26 patients who have passed away in the last month or so. Kandice Dickinson, Public Relations Special- ist with Heart ‘n Home Hospice explained the purpose of the ceremony in an email. She wrote, “At Heart ‘n Home Hospice & Pallia- tive Care, one of the most common questions we hear from others is ‘How do you do this type of work, day in and day out?’ The answer is simple.” See HOSPICE/ Page 5 Your weekend weather forecast for Baker County. Our forecast made possible by this generous sponsor: Offi cial weather provider for The Baker County Press. Submitted Photo. Carmon Hendrikson was one of two more individu- als arrested last week. On January 22, 2015 at about 9:52 a.m. Baker City Po- lice served a search warrant at 2036 Grove Street, based on information received by the Baker County Narcotics Enforcement Team during the recent investigation. Arrested at the scene were: Carmon Deon Hendrik- sen (07/01/1988), 2036 Grove Street on one count of Delivery of Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine), one count of Possession of Controlled Substance (Meth- amphetamine); and Anthony Allan Myers (11/19/1979), 2036 Grove Street, one count of Violation of Release Agreement. These arrests follow a string of additional drug-related arrests over the past two weeks. ALSO IN THIS ISSUE SWCD holds banquet City Council: audit report Liquor Commission talks pot Wolf plan enters new phase Swimmer Riann Scott wins big New Skills USA Club at BHS Page Page Page Page Page Page 3 4 5 5 7 8
