FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2015
THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 7
Local
County convenes the Baker
County Travel Management
and Access Committee
• COUNTY
DEVELOPING
NATURAL
RESOURCE PLAN
TO COORDINATE
WITH FEDERAL
LAND
MANAGEMENT
PROJECTS
BY BRIAN ADDISON
BRIAN@TheBakerCountyPress.com
The Baker County
Travel Management and
Access Committee has
held its initial meeting.
The committee has been
formed to provide input
and recommendations on
forest access for recreation
and tourism during the
development of the Baker
County Natural Resource
Plan, according to Bill
Harvey, Chairman of the
Baker County Board of
Commissioners.
“The recommendations
of the Travel Management
Committee will be brought
to the Natural Resource
Committee and they will
be compiled into the Natu-
ral Resource Plan,“ said
Harvey.
Once completed, Harvey
plans to take the Baker
County Natural Resource
Plan to federal land man-
agement agencies as a plan
for local coordination.
The process of coor-
dination between Baker
County and federal land
management agencies
has long been requested
by a large contingent of
Baker County residents as
a process to protect local
interests in the face of
federal land management
plans such as the United
States Forest Service Blue
Mountain Forest Manage-
ment Plan, the US Forest
Service Travel Manage-
ment Plan, The Idaho
Power and Bureau of Land
Management B2H 500-kV
electrical line routing proj-
ect, or the Bureau of Land
Management Greater sage
grouse protect project.
Coordination is a process
mandated within every fed-
eral land management law
fi rst used to protect local
interests on federally man-
aged lands by Fred Kelly
Grant, renowned land use
attorney and founder of
the Stewards of the Range.
When the process of co-
ordination has been used,
Grant claims 19 out of 19
successes benefi ting local
interests thus far.
Coordination by local
communities acts as a
process whereby federal
land management plans
must remain consistent
with local plans such as
the Baker County Natural
Resource Plan. And, when
a federal land management
plan deviates from the lo-
cal plan, the federal agency
must show a legal reason
for the deviation.
Coordination was used
by small local school
districts in Texas to thwart
the Trans-Texas Corridor
project because it would
have split existing school
districts. Coordination has
also been used to protect
farmers, ranchers, and wa-
ter users in Modoc County,
Clear Creek
Music Festival
coming
California, Owyhee
County, Idaho, according
to Grant.
Grant has been placed
on retainer by Baker Coun-
ty to help the county with
the coordination process,
said Harvey.
Before the coordina-
tion process can begin and
Grant can start his work
the county must adopt the
Natural Resource Plan
clearly outlining and defi n-
ing the local land interests
to be protected during
federal land management
plans.
The Travel Management
and Access Committee
consists of seven members
including committee chair-
man Marty Stroy, Paige
Fredrikson from Halfway,
Bob Harris and Denise
Kinzer from the Richland
area, Torq and Wanda Bal-
lard, and Alan Chase.
The Travel Management
and Access Committee
holds its next public meet-
ing on July 21, 2015, at the
Baker County Courthouse.
Abigail Scott Duniway focus
of library presentation
Over 100 years ago,
Abigail Scott Duniway
championed the voting
rights of women through-
out the Pacifi c Northwest,
often traveling by horse-
back and stagecoach to
lecture in Oregon, Wash-
ington, and Idaho.
Her efforts as leader of
the campaign for women's
voting rights in the region
helped women get the vote
in Idaho in 1896, Washing-
ton in 1910, and Oregon
in 1912. Yet despite her
lifetime of accomplish-
ments and contributions
to Oregon history, she re-
mains a relatively obscure
fi gure to many Orego-
nians. Many only recently
learned of Duniway when
a panel picked her along
with Chief Joseph to have
a statue at the U.S. Capitol
symbolizing Oregon.
http://www.oregonlive.
com/politics/index.
ssf/2015/03/panel_picks_
chief_joseph_abiga.html
Baker County Public
Library will host a talk &
discussion of the heroic
efforts of Abigail Scott Du-
niway on Thursday, July 9
at 6:30 pm at the library in
Baker City. The pro-
gram will feature a guest
lecturer from Wallowa
County whose husband is
a descendent of Abigail S.
Duniway.
The program is free
and part of Baker County
Library’s “Every Hero Has
a Story” Summer Reading
Program. More lectur-
ers on local heroes are
needed. Interested persons
are invited to contact the
library to discuss ideas and
arrangements.
Submitted Photo.
Abigail Scott Duniway.
Pursuit ends in two arrests
On Tuesday, June 30th,
2015 at approximately
12:40 p.m. an OSP Trooper
from the Pendleton Area
Command observed a
speeding 1989 Nissan
240Z on I-84 westbound
near milepost 232 traveling
91 mph in a 65mph zone.
As the trooper attempted to
overtake the speeding ve-
hicle it increased it's speed
in excess of 120 miles per
hour.
Upon the trooper activat-
ing their vehicle overhead
lights, the speeding vehicle
pulled into the westbound
truck scales near milepost
228, turned around, and
began to travel the wrong
way on the Interstate in
an attempt to elude the
trooper.
The trooper discontin-
ued pursuit of the vehicle.
Minutes later, the trooper
located the vehicle again
near the westbound Dead-
man's Pass Rest Area and
the vehicle again began
to fl ee traveling north on
Kanine Ridge Road and
into the Umatilla Tribal
Reservation.
The fl eeing vehicle trav-
eled north on Kanine Ridge
Road at slower speeds due
to the rough terrain and
eventually became dis-
abled after about 8 miles.
Both the male driver and
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a female passenger fl ed on
foot into the hillside and
down a ravine.
State Troopers from
Pendleton, Hermiston,
Lagrande, an OSP Aircraft
from Baker City, as well
as the Umatilla Tribal
Police responded to the
area and established a
perimeter then began an air
and ground search for the
suspects.
At approximately 2:02
p.m. the male suspect
identifi ed as Jacob Ross,
age 25, of Des Moines,
WA was taken into custody
after he was located hiding
and partially covered by
brush.
A short time later the fe-
male identifi ed as Whitney
Johns, age 22, of Tacoma,
WA, was located and taken
into custody.
Ross was lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail on
the charges of Felony
Attempt to Elude, Misde-
meanor Attempt to Elude,
Reckless Driving, Reckless
Endangerment and Crimi-
nal Trespass II.
Johns was lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail on
the charge of Criminal
Trespass II.
Submitted Photo.
Deborah Weingard Lee and Dr. Chung Lee will pres-
ent a piano workshop July 11.
Once again, the hills of Halfway, Oregon will be alive
with the sound of music! The Clear Creek Music Festival
celebrates a half-decade of music making with activities
from July 8th through the 24th. The two-week program
for select college-age students taught by internationally
known music faculty offers three public concerts by Fes-
tival students and faculty, the last of which will include
the world-première of the fi rst in a series of composi-
tions entitled “Scenes from the Oregon Trail” by Festival
Composer-in-Residence Dr. Blaise Ferrandino.
An exciting new feature of this summer’s activities
will be the Clear Creek Junior Piano Festival, held from
July 8 through the 14th. This program, for pianists from
age 8-high school, will provide concentrated enrichment
instruction for young students and the opportunity to per-
form in a supportive, non-competitive atmosphere. Space
remains in the program for local students and scholar-
ships are available for area students.
In addition to the instruction and group sessions, inter-
nationally known guest pianists Deborah and Chung Lee
will present a workshop on Saturday, July 11. They will
discuss their experiences teaching piano in S. Korea and
Hawaii, perform new piano teaching literature, and offer
a master class in which Festival participants and students
of local teachers may perform in a non-competitive atmo-
sphere. Piano teachers, students, and all persons inter-
ested in an international perspective on music making are
invited to attend this day-long event.
As in the past, there are many kinds of opportunities
for the residents of Baker County to participate in the
Festival. This year, the Festival/Community Chorus for
teens and adults takes on Bach, a setting of “The Lord is
My Shepherd” by John Rutter, and Joseph Martin’s “The
Music of Life.”
Lauren White Escalante returns to conduct the Clear
Creek Kids camp Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
afternoons. Along with fun and games, the children will
learn and perform a new song written just for them to a
text from “A Child’s Garden of Verses” by Robert Lewis
Stevenson.
The “Conversations on the Arts” provide an oppor-
tunity to gain insight into the works performed on the
concerts and to share your own creative ideas in art,
poetry, and, of course, music. Pre-concert talks will also
be held at 6:30 before each concert to provide interesting
context and background on the works to be performed.
Registration is required for Clear Creek Kids chorus,
Community/Festival chorus, the Conversations program,
lessons, and the Piano Festival/Workshop activities.
Registration forms, including the discounted fees for local
students, are at the Hell’s Canyon Journal offi ce and the
Halfway Library. Contact the festival at clearcreek@
fl ash.net or Sheila Allen at 682 553-8662 for additional
information or to receive an e-mail registration form.
Registration is required for Clear Creek Kids chorus,
the Community/Festival chorus, the Sunday “Conver-
sation on the Arts,” lessons, and the Piano Festival/
Workshop activities. Registration forms, including
the discounted fees for local students, are at the Hell’s
Canyon Journal offi ce and the Halfway Library. Contact
the festival at clearcreek@fl ash.net or Sheila Allen at 682
553-8662 for additional information.
Clear Creek Music Festival Public Events Schedule:
(All events at Pine Valley Presbyterian Church )
Saturday, July 11
Workshop—Teaching in South Korea: New Piano Mu-
sic for Small Hands
Masterclas—with Clear Creek Junior Piano Festival
participants
Concerts:
Informal discussions of concert content held at 6:30
before each public concert.
Sunday, July 12
Opening Faculty Concert, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, July 17
Student & Faculty Concert, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, July 24
Student & Faculty Concert, 7:00 p.m
Clear Creek Kids
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays, July 13-24, 3:00
(ages 4-8) and 4:00 (ages 9-13)
Festival/Community Chorus
Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 13-24, 5:15-6:30
Sunday, July 19, 6:00-7:00
Performance Friday, July 24.
Conversations on the Arts
Sunday, July 19, 3:30-5:00 followed by a Community/
Festival Pot Luck
Donations will be accepted at the concerts to help sup-
port the Festival programs.