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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2016 THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 5 Local Snake River Car Show CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Stock Truck, sponsored by J & M Country Store, went to Patty Shumway of Summerville, OR for her 1937 Chevy Pickup; Longest Distance, spon- sored by High Mountain Smoke Shop Baker City, went to John & Midge Geer of Fossil, OR for their 1965 Chevy Impala; People’s Choice, sponsored by 420ville, went to Tom Dager of Payette, ID for his 1967 Pontiac GTO; Street Heat, sponsored by Huntington Fire Depart- ment, went to Dallas Head of Ontario, OR for his 1957 Chevy 3100 Pickup; Mayor’s Award, sponsored by the City of Huntington, went to Brian Kitto of Baker City, Or for his 1956 Chevy Bel Air Best of Show, sponsored by the Huntington Cham On Wednesday, September 21st, 2016 at 7:00PM the Baker City Planning Commission will hold a work session to review potential changes to the Baker City Development Code. BCDC Revision: The Planning Commission will discuss modifications to Chapter 3.5 – Signs, specifically as it relates to the Baker City Historic District, as well as re- quirements for preliminary plat submissions. If you have any questions regarding the Development Code updates, please contact Senior Planner Eva Ceder at 541-523-8219 or eceder@bakercounty.org. The meeting will be held in Council Chambers at Baker City Hall, 1655 First Street, Baker City, OR. Eileen Driver/ The Baker County Press Gerry and the Dream Benders performed in Huntington during the car show weekend. of Commerce, went to Jerry Foster of La Grande, OR for his 2014 Ford Mustang 5.0 GT The Huntington Chamber of Commerce would like to thank all the sponsors and volunteers who made this year’s Snake River Car Show a fun and successful event. Author visits Sumpter Flea with books set in local area BY KERRY McQUISTEN News@TheBakerCountyPress.com Author Mary Vinecore, who writes as Mary Vine, came out for the Sumpter Flea Market over Labor Day weekend to promote her collection of books. Vinecore said, “I’m a big fan of Oregon’s gold min- ing history. When I’m in or around the vast and beauti- ful Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, I scan the sides of the road for wild- life or rusty remains from gold mining days.” All but one of Vinecore’s novels are set in northeast Oregon. Vinecore says she’s been connected to the area since 1997 and has taken sum- mer breaks from teaching on her property in Sumpter and Bourne, Oregon. This was her second appearance at the Sumpter Flea Market on Labor Day—she also attended last year. She came back Memo- rial Day and Labor Day weekends hoping to meet more of the people in the area. Recently retired, Mary wrote a children’s book and has become a pub- lisher in her own right for children’s book author, Velma Parker. “My current work-in- progress is something new, a time travel going back to Bourne in 1870. By the end of 2016, I plan to return to the characters of my fictional northeast town of Salisbury Junction and another contemporary story,” she said. Vinecore’s books can be ordered at any local bookstore and are avail- able online at retailers like Amazon.com. Book Information: “A Place to Land”— She isn’t afraid of the big, bad wolf. But he’s a little con- cerned about her. When Uli’s impover- ished family left Russia for America, she was only ten years old. From that point on, she’s been determined to make the American dream hers. When Head- line Magazine offers the perfect story with which to launch her new writing career, Uli travels across City’s development code under review EOU prepares for opening session Eastern Oregon University’s Opening Session for the academic year begins with faculty orientation September 16 and wraps up September 23. Required training for all faculty and staff will be held Monday, Sept. 19. President Tom Insko will address em- ployees for Fall Convocation from 1:30-3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20 in the Gilbert Center. Following President Insko’s remarks, all faculty and staff are invited to attend a “welcome back barbecue” at 3 p.m. outside in the campus quad. The remainder of the week will be dedicated to colleges and departments preparing for the start of fall term on Monday, Sept. 26. Move-in day at the residence halls is Wednesday, Sept. 21 and all new students are invited to participate in Week of Welcome activities through Sunday, Sept. 25. The complete Opening Session schedule is available at www.eou.edu/provost. For more information on Week of Welcome, visit www.eou.edu/wow. Precipitation eases restrictions on private land Kerry McQuisten / The Baker County Press Author Mary Vinecore a.k.a. Mary Vine. Oregon to find out exactly how wolf and cowboy mix. As she finds her spirit guide in the wolf and her soul mate in the cattle rancher, a mysteri- ous danger seems bent on finding her. Movie-star handsome, Jackson Holt owns one of the largest ranches in eastern Oregon and like most ranchers, is none too happy with wolves cross- ing over the Idaho border near his livestock. The last thing he needs is a semi- environmentalist, journal- ist wannabe dogging his footsteps. Sure, Uli may be bright and sexy, but her need to prove herself and help her family threaten to lead her into the kind of harm he can’t protect her from—when all he wants to give her is … a place to land. “Maya’s Gold”— Love and Gold. Mystery and Passion. All famous mystery au- thor Stanton Black wanted was to leave the flashbulbs of Hollywood behind. Hiding out in the wilds of northeast Oregon seemed like the perfect way to get over the attempt on his life while researching his work. His latest novel would draw on the history of his ancestors and the lore of gold country. Now, all he needed was a suit- able tour guide. Special education teacher Maya Valentine was no tour guide. After the death of her parents, Maya has come home to Salisbury Junction for the summer only to have an ailing friend talk her into escort- ing Stanton around the area. As a pattern of crime around her and the new- found gold on her property leads to a real-life mys- tery, her relationship with Stanton turns to thoughts of romance. A romance too impossible to consider. “Snake River Rendez- vous”— “Live dangerously,” he joked. She had no idea how serious the danger would become. The dilapidated motel and gas station next to the Snake River look like the set for a zombie movie— and Hailey Burke has just inherited the whole mess after finishing college. Now, armed with a busi- ness degree, a crowbar, and a few cans of paint, Hailey is setting out to make a calm, practical liv- ing for herself. Until a man she knew for one day, and lost oh-so-many years ago, steps through the door. FBI agent Jacob Hayden Robie is on a search for a terrorist hideout some- where between Salisbury Junction and the Snake River in northeastern Oregon. The old motel by the freeway is his best bet for a distraction-free central location, even if its owner is the one who got away. Someone around her, though, is the man or woman he’s hunting. To flush out the enemy, he’ll have to hide his real identity—and his feel- ings for Hailey—even if it means she’ll never trust him again. “Wanting Moore”— Independent beyond what’s good for her, Isabella Moore leaves her brothers and parents in Prairie City in search of her true calling. Traveling to Haines, Oregon, by way of the historic Bourne- Haines Stage Road, she runs across the type of people from whom she’d been sheltered, leading to an accident and a man she’d only dreamed about. Blacksmith Gabriel Stone saw enough of death during the Civil War to last him a lifetime. To him, Isa- bella is a broken wildflow- er in need of his care—but caring for her may bring back unwanted memories of his former life as a doc- tor. And dare he entrust his heart to a woman filled with ideas of gold mining and adventure? The recent rains across the region have allowed officials with the Oregon Department of Forestry in Northeast Oregon District to reassess and adjust the fire restrictions for private lands. The fire season regulations and Regulated Use Closure will still be in effect. Regulated Use Closure is being low- ered from Phase 2 to Phase 1. The Regulated Use Closure affects private, state, county, municipal, and tribal lands in seven counties: Union, Baker, Wallowa, Umatilla, and small portions of Malheur, Morrow, and Grant Counties. Effective September 7, 2016 at 12:01 a.m. the follow- ing regulations apply to lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry Northeast Oregon District: • Open fires are prohibited, including campfires, charcoal fires, cooking fires and warming fires, except at designated locations. Designated locations with the Regu- lated Use Closure area include but are not limited to the following Oregon State Parks: Emigrant Springs, Ukiah Dale, Catherine Creek, Hilgard Junctions, Red Bridge, Wallowa Lake, Minam and Unity Lake. Portable cooking stoves using liquefied or bottled fuels are allowed. • Debris burning is prohibited, except in burn barrels for which a Burning Permit has been issued. • Smoking is prohibited while traveling, except in vehicles on improved roads, in boats on the water, or at a cleared area free of flammable vegetation. • Non-Industrial chainsaw use is prohibited, between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Chainsaw use is permitted at all other hours, if the following firefighting equipment is present with each operating saw: one axe, one shovel, and one 8 ounce or larger fire extinguisher. In addition, a fire watch is required at least 1 hour following the use of each saw. • Cutting, grinding and welding of metal is prohibited, between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Cutting, grinding and welding of metal is permitted at all other hours, if conducted in a cleared area and if a water supply is present. • Mowing of dried and cured grass with power driven equipment is prohibited, between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., except for the commercial culture and harvest of agricultural crops. • Any electric fence controller in use shall be: 1) Listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory or be certified by the Department of Consumer and Business Services; and 2) Operated in compliance with manufac- turer’s instructions. • Possession of the following firefighting equipment is required while traveling, except on state highways, county roads and driveways: one shovel and one gallon of water or one 2 ½ pound or larger fire extinguisher. The use of sky lanterns, exploding targets and tracer ammuni- tion are prohibited during fire season.
