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5*1 ************ECRI_OY 0073A**C007 Exp 05/07/2016 BAKER COUNTY LIBRARY 2400 RESORT ST BAKER CITY OR 97814-2721 'Www www.therconline.com Positively Baker County Thursday, October 1,2015 Est. Haines 1901 ~ Haines, Baker County, Oregon Little Dancers a Big Hit Volume 114, Number 40^* 10' Pages • 75‘ceritsq ¡S Thank you, Super Jon g Card drawn by Paige Marlia Photo by Gina Perkins The cheer camp hosted by the BHS Cheerleaders was a success. 47 girls participated and danced during halftime of Friday night's game. The cheer leaders are coached by Hope Perkins. Senator Wyden's Office Holds Wildfire Aid Meeting Story/photos by Gina Perkins Many people affected by the sum mer wildfires gathered at the Event Center on Monday evening to attend a meeting hosted by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden's office. Many state and federal officials representing a whole host of agencies were on hand to provide information to those in Baker County who suffered losses during the wildfires,. ,.. T.„. Kathleen Cathey, Field Representa tive, for Senator Wyden said, "We're in awe of the fire fighters and all in this community who pulled together." Jason Yencopal of Baker County Emergency Management was asked to moderate the meeting and introduced each of the officials who gave a brief three minute talk on their respective programs. Yencopal said he had kept the time short so that individuals could have as much time as possible to directly interact with the representatives of the agencies and get their questions answered. At the beginning of the meeting Yencopal stated, "The meeting is not for policy discussion, but is a time to help our neighbors." Among those present included Vicki Walker, USDA State Director for Rural Development, who explained there are 40 programs to help with single family dwelling financing, temporary housing, and providing assistance for businesses and entities affected by the fire. She stated that Canyon City is applying for funding to assist with water and waste water projects. She also cited examples of funding for micro hydro electric and other alterna tive energy projects. Rod Alvarado, the State Conserva tionist with NRCS explained available funding for seeding and erosion control with priority determined by the severity of the fire and vegetation mortality. He also said funding was available for forestry, range land, and range land within the sage grouse core habitat destroyed by the fire. Phil Ward, Farm Service Agency Director thanked Senator Wyden's office for organizing the event and passing the latest farm bill. He outlined several programs within the farm bill Including emergency conser vation funding, emergency dollars for fences and wells, emergency forest restoration, funds to replant over land, and money to assist with livestock mortality. He stated there are also direct payments available in the Livestock Forage Disaster funding portion of the farm bill. Ward also recognized Hereford Dan and Haley Morris (in back) who suffered significant losses to their cat tle and timber in the wildfire, listen to information from NRCS officials. resident, Anna Sullivan, who was recently appointed to the state committee and was present at the meeting. Governor Brown's office was repre sented by Scott Fairley who discussed ODF, the Division of State Lands and Oregon Emergency Management. He also stated the DEQ is waving onsite permit fees. Following the briefing, those inter ested visited the appropriate booths receiving necessary applications and information which included deadlines to apply for certain funding. Baker County 911 Dispatch was also on site to help individuals register for CODE RED, a system used to send critical communications from evacuation notices to missing child alerts. Those with landlines can be easily located for the most part, but those with only cell phone service are especially encouraged to register. Individual contact information remains private and will only be used for community notifications. To make sure you receive notifications, people are encouraged to register at www. baker911.org. Those unable to attend the meeting who would like to receive information may contact Jason Yencopal, Emer gency Manager at 541-523-6415 or jyencopal @bakercounty.org. By Gina Perkins 9 year old Paige Marlia is sure Jon Schott must wear a cape. Schott and others hiked all over the mountains in the China Cap basin to find the little girl's horse, Mister, who went missing on Sunday. "Don't lose Mister," were the words Marlia shared with her parents before they left for elk camp. Her mom, Dana had hiked in to elk camp with friends and taken Mister to pack. He was hob bled and they had tied him to the high TrfT®, but"h ad taken him off so that ne could graze. They were sure he could n't go far being hobbled. But he did. Sunday mid-morning after searching around camp they discovered that Mis ter was gone. The couple and other friends hiked up and down searching everywhere and could not find hide nor hair of the 13 year old gelding. Heartsick, they called Leslie Maiwald from whom Paige takes riding lessons. They also called Sheriff Travis Ash who alerted media and others. A full fledged hunt for Mister began including on Facebook where the information was shared with many people. Leslie Mai wald and her husband, Percy, hauled horses and rode in looking. Paige's dad, Blake hiked back in and others continued the search, including their friend, Eric Lamb. On Monday, Schott returned and hiked up and down, and finally found the tired and shaky horse near the top of China Cap. ' "It was more exciting than finding a big bull elk," Schott shared with Marlia. Mister is home safe and sound and is getting the royal treatment from the Marlia family. When I visited with Paige, she was busy creating her hand drawn thank you card, complete with a draw- Paige Marlia draws a special thank you for Dr. Schott ing of Dr. Schott wearing a cape. Being described as a super hero is pretty accurate, at least as far as Mister and Paige are concerned. On Dana Marlia's Facebook page she wrote: Thank you......Sheriff Travis Ash, and everyone else who was sharing the news and praying for Mister to be safe and sound. We have one happy girl and one really spoiled horse right now! Thank you, Jon Schott, for hiking those steep hills to find him. Thanks to Leslie Maiwald for keeping us calm and for riding in to help find Mister with Percy. Jon, Skye Flanagan, and Eric Lamb, thank you for giving up your Sunday night to make sure Blake was out safe and sound. Thank you, Flint Stearns, for offering to make the steep Cather ine Creek hills your "long run." (You and Blake are crazy!) So thankful for our little community and the even bigger community who was praying so hard! Jason Yencopal, Emergency Manager for Baker County moderated Monday night's Wildfire Aid meeting. BHS FFA Drive-thru BBQ A Night with Nancy - Dance and ‘Fun’ Raiser to benefit Nancy Basche Friday, Oct. 16 • Z' Featuring the Chaz Browne Group Saturday, Oct. 10 Tickets are $12 For tickets cc ^ mm bgifft@baker.k12.or.us at the VFW Hall Doors Open at 7 p.m. » , ' No Cover Charge . , . II I | Unity Harvest Bazaar Oct. 3 at the Unity Community Hall 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Burnt River FFA Serving Lunch 4005 23rd Street • PO Box 226 Baker City, OR 97814 (541) 523-3616
