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Friday, August 11, 2017 • Volume 4, Issue 32
City Council: B2H and
eclipse readiness discussed
• COUNCIL
MEMBER’S LEGAL
WOES NOT
MENTIONED
BY GINA K. SWARTZ
Gina@TheBakerCountyPress.com
City Council convened
for the fi rst time since
early July Tuesday night.
Mayor Downing called the
meeting to order promptly
at 7 p.m. and began by
leading the Pledge of Al-
legiance and invocation.
City Recorder Julie
Smith called role.
Councilors Nilsson,
Joseph, Andersen, Thomas
and Mayor Downing were
present while Councilors
Abell and McQuisten were
not.
The consent agenda was
then approved unani-
mously upon a motion by
Councilor Joseph that was
seconded by Councilor
Thomas.
Mayor Downing called
next for Citizen Participa-
tion.
First to speak was JoAnn
Marlette. She addressed
council regarding her con-
cern over Idaho Power’s
application to build a trans-
mission line, called the
Boardman to Hemingway
Transmission line.
She told councilors that
the line would enter our
valley from Ladd Can-
yon by I-84 travel along
agricultural fi elds and pass
in front of the National
Historic Oregon Trail
Interpretive Center before
continuing south to Durkee
and Huntington.
Marlette noted the con-
cerns of the transmission
lines. She said, “There are
impacts to views from the
Oregon Trail Interpretive
Center, impacts to wildlife,
and potential concerns
with traffi c related to the
upkeep of the lines …”
SEE CITY COUNCIL
PAGE 3
Gina K. Swartz / The Baker County Press
Council member Adam Nilsson leaves the meeting.
Televising the big game City Council
member
Nilsson
cited for
trespass
• CRIMINAL MISCHIEF CHARGES ALSO
MAY BE ADDRESSED IN CIRCUIT COURT,
NILSSON COMPLAINS ABOUT DEPUTY
BY KERRY McQUISTEN
News@TheBakerCountyPress.com
Samantha O’Conner / The Baker County Press
Cameras rolled in, along with several Shriners, to the Baker High School football fi eld as they set up to
television last weekend’s East West All Star game.
BY SAMANTHA O’CONNER
Samantha@TheBakerCountyPress.com
Saturday, August 5th was the 65th annual East West
All-Star Football Game that benefi ts Portland Shriners
Hospital for Children. The event was fi lmed by and aired
on ROOT Sports Network.
According to Bryan Braun, fi rst vice-chairman of the
East West Game, they have been recording and airing the
game longer than the eleven years he has been participat-
ing.
The process of recording and airing the game begins
with ROOT setting up in a 48-foot tractor trailer rig with
all of their equipment. This year there was a crew of 15 to
20 people who set up for the event.
Among the crew are the four camera operators, the
director, a producer, a technical director, a graphics
operator, two replay operators, a video shader who shades
the cameras to make sure they look good, one engineer in
charge and an engineer assistant.
They have four cameras set up for the event, two
behind the bleachers on lifts, one on the end zone, and
another handheld camera.
They then set up microphones so audiences can hear
what was happening on the fi eld. Chuck Cathcart, the Re-
play Operator for televising the game, explained that all
sound and footage goes into the trailer where they have
their main control room.
From there, a crew member sits with a row of monitors
and calls on whichever camera they are going to next for
a viewing.
The technical director works the switcher, a board that
all the cameras, video tape machines, and everything that
is a video source goes through.
Cathcart sits in his area of the trailer and records every
play that happens and, when the play is over and they
want to show a highlight of a touchdown, the director
will tell him to roll it and it will go through the switcher.
Cathcart explained the footage goes through a camera, to
the replay machine, to the cameras again in a cycle.
“The whole game we’re doing that sort of stuff,”
explained Cathcart. “We’re rolling replays. We’ve got
scenic pictures that we’ve taken from around the Baker
City Area. I went up to Sumpter last week and rode the
trains and took pictures of the Dredge. So, it’s from the
time the game starts, that’s what we’re doing and we do
four quarters of football. Then when it’s done, everybody
gets all their stuff and brings it back to the truck, packs it
up, hook it up to a tractor and take off.”
The footage for this game went to Seattle and then
was aired Monday and Wednesday on ROOT Northwest.
At around 8:40 p.m. last Tuesday, August 1, Baker City
Council member, Adam Nilsson (46) of Hillcrest Drive in
Baker City, was cited for criminal trespass while in pos-
session of a fi rearm, and second degree criminal mischief
at the old Lime plant near Huntington.
Nilsson’s companion, Ashley Schroder (30) of Portland,
was also cited with trespass.
Both charges are misdemeanors, said District Attorney
Matt Shirtcliff. If convicted of the trespass charge, Nils-
son could face up to 180 days in jail with a maximum
fi ne of $6,250. According to Shirtcliff, conviction of
that crime would mean revocation of the concealed carry
permit, which Nilsson does possess.
Nilsson’s court date does not yet appear on the docket
with the Baker County Circuit Court.
Sheriff Travis Ash said the citation happened while
Deputy Gabe Maldonado was on patrol through the area,
which lies just off I-84. The property is a mix of pri-
vate- and County-owned lands, visibly marked with “No
Trespassing” signs.
Following ongoing trespassing concerns and the high
danger level of the deteriorating structures at Lime, the
Sheriff’s Offi ce had been keeping an eye on the area—
particularly in light of the number of visitors expected
during the upcoming total solar eclipse.
“Maldonado was on routine patrol in the area. The lime
plant is in the patrol area for our contract with the City of
Huntington,” Ash said.
Said Ash, not specifi c to this case, “Choosing to tres-
pass at the lime plant is not only illegal it is very danger-
ous. There are unmarked holes in the ground that drop
approximately 15 to 20 feet with boards sticking up that
could impale someone, likely causing severe injury or
death. Cement roofs that cover large caverns are crum-
bling and highly unstable. Numerous rusty nails and rebar
can be found protruding from cement walls and boards.”
During that patrol, Maldonado caught view of Nilsson’s
motorcycle parked in the area.
According to Nilsson’s comments, he had a can of
spray paint, which he used in some capacity on the prop-
erty—thus, the criminal mischief charge.
SEE NILSSON PAGE 5
Friday
Sunny and hot. Highs in the lower 90s.
Friday Night: Mostly clear and seasonable.
Lows in the mid 50s.
Saturday
Sunny and hot. Highs in the lower 90s.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear and seasonable.
Lows in the mid 50s.
Sunday
Sunny and hot. Highs in the lower 90s.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear and seasonable.
Lows in the mid 50s.
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