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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
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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
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