FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 5
Local
Snake River Car Show
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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.