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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12,2015
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Haines Christmas
Round-Up
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Besides enjoying breakfast, kids in the Open Door Program enjoy playing games and
socializing before school.
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Baker United
Methodist
News
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United
Methodist
Women met in the Fireplace
room of Baker Church.
Chairman Beverly McKinnis
introduced Sally Farmer who
presented the program. She
was assisted by Linda
Robbins, Joyce Richmond,
Vickie Kirkwood and Judy
Lutz. World Thank Day was
observed by-4he local unit
with a special offering to be
used for a project to aid bat
tered women.
Sammy Linzel, at the key
board, accompanied the
group in singing of hymns.
Susan Fors was elected as
United Methodist Women
chairman for 2016. Joyce
Richmond will serve as Vice
Chairman. Joyce, recently re
tired as Officer for the Sage
District UMW.
Prayer requests were hon
ored. Refreshments were
served by Susanna Wesley
Circle.
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The Calvary Baptist Church volunteers Terri Evarts, Diane Bernardy, Jackie Dugan and Tamera Pierce
prepared and served breakfast for the middle school kids at the Presbyterian Church on Monday. Luke
Rembold is a youth pastor for the Presbyterian Church. He interacts and plays games with the stu
dents twice a week. A youth pastor from Harvest Church also volunteers along with additional com
munity members.
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Breakfast is served in a buffet style and ac
cording to Cassidy might include french toast,
waffles, eggs, fruit, and some kind of breakfast
meat. On Thursdays, they have fruit smoothies
which are really popular. The kids can socialize,
play games and have a warm place to be before
school starts.
There is no religious instruction or component
to what the volunteers provide to the students
In the breakfast program. "We do not proselytize
at all," explained Cassidy. '.'Onei of the greatest
benefits is the socialization, a place to have'
breakfast, and some adult mentorship," he
added.
Cassidy believes the success of the program,
which has grown from serving about 12 kids to
50 every morning, is due to the consistency and
dedication of the volunteers. He also credits
Mindi Vaughan, former BMS principal.
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"She saw the value in what we had started for
those initial 12 students and believed all stu
dents would benefit. She really made our pro
gram go," Cassidy said. Vaughan is now
working in another eastern Oregon school dis
trict.
"The need is real and that's why we do what
we do," said Cassidy who moved here a few
years ago from the Medford area and is part of
the Baker City Christian Church.
The Open Door Program's annual budget is
right at $20,000. Because of the success and
growth of the program, Cassidy and others are
seeking ways to secure long term funding. Cur
rently, $10-$15 thousand is in private funding
with many individuals writing checks to help
support the program. The Eastern Oregon Pres
bytery also provides significant funding and last
year, the 5J School district had provided money
to the program.
One middle school girl seemed to sum up the
popularity of the Open Door Program, "I come
here every day. The food is delicious, it's home-
cookpd, and its free. Plus its really iun bfigg^i
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Breakfast Burritos were offered to kids on
Monday at Baker Middle School.
Old-fashioned Conservation Methods Join New Lighting Solutions
By Sandra Ghormley
I vividly remember how annoyed I became after
hearing my Dad shout, “Don’t forget to turn the
lights off when you leave the room.”
“Okay, Dad, I got it. You’ve said it 100 times!”
I’d reply.
You see, Dad grew up in the 1930s when electric
ity had not reached every neighborhood in America
and many homes where lit with oil lamps. Back then
only 10 percent of the farms had electricity and
flipping a switch to light a room was still considered
a luxury. Yet, even then, people realized how
important it was to conserve energy.
Decades later, shutting off lights may be a little
old-fashioned - but it is still a,good idea. Combine
it with new lighting technology and real savings
result.
In the 1960s, the economy
was booming and energy was
abundant. Consumers gradually
moved away from thinking about
conservation and developed an
insatiable appetite for electricity. From the early
days in the 1940s to 2007, electric usage in the U.S.
more than doubled. America became the largest
consumer of everything electricity could offer. As a
result, more dams were built and more petroleum,
coal and natural gas powered electric generation
plants were needed to satisfy the growth. New
transmission and distribution power lines were
constructed
connecting,
expanding
and
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