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BEHIND THE SCENES
JULY 13�20, 2022
FROM THE
COVER
Celebrate summer at the Miners Jubilee
Baker City’s annual
festival is July 15-17
By Lisa Britton
Go! Magazine
BAKER CITY — Miners Jubilee marks the
middle of summer, and this year’s annual
festival is happening July 15-17.
A mainstay for this summer tradition
is a bursting Geiser-Pollman Park fi lled
with vendor booths and a variety of food
options. The park will be open 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on
Sunday.
Shelly Cutler, director of the Baker Coun-
ty Chamber, said she has 87 vendors and
eight food vendors signed up for the park.
“I don’t have any spaces left — it’s
completely full,” she said. “It’s getting back
to normal.”
Buy and wear a Jubilee button for
discounts. Buttons are on sale for $2 at
downtown businesses and the chamber
offi ce, 490 Campbell St.
BRONCS AND BULLS
The Challenge of Champions Tour will
present the Baker City Bronc and Bull
Riding during Jubilee weekend.
The bronc riding is at 7 p.m. Friday, July
15. The bull action starts at 6 p.m.
Travel Baker County/Contributed photo
Vendors draw in the crowds in Geiser-Pollman Park for Miners Jubilee. This year’s
festival is July 15-17.
Saturday, July 16.
Tickets can be purchased at www.bak-
erbroncsandbulls.com. General admission
is $20, or $12 for ages 10 and younger.
SATURDAY, JULY 16
Stretch those legs early with the annual
Miners Jubilee fun run/walk, which benefi ts
the track and cross-country programs at
Baker High School. Registration is at 7 a.m.
on Main Street ($25) and the event begins
at 8 a.m.
In the park, the Baker City Lions Club will
serve up breakfast from 7-11 a.m. Cost is
$10 adults or $8 ages 3-10, for a meal of
sausage, pancakes, eggs, coff ee and juice.
Back downtown, the Jubilee parade
begins at 11 a.m. The route starts at Baker
Middle School, then heads east on Broad-
way to Second Street. Floats go south on
Second to Valley Avenue, then east to Main
Street, and north on Main to fi nish at Mad-
ison Street. This year’s theme is “Honoring
Our Heritage.”
First Friday at Crossroads
ART ABOUT AGRICULTURE
T he S ustainable F east
2020 Auburn Avenue
Baker City, Oregon
541.523.5369
www.crossroads-arts.org
Crossroads brings to you Oregon State University’s “The Sustainable Feast”,
a selection of juried artwork from across the Pacific Northwest that showcases
the beauty of sustainable agriculture through a wide collection of juried artwork
Exhibition on display Friday, July 1 through Saturday, July 30
Crossroads is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00am to 5:00pm
At Geiser-Pollman Park, two events com-
mence at 2 p.m. — the Oregon State gold
panning championship happens on Grove
Street between Baker Heritage Museum
and the park, and the Baker City Lions Club
horseshoe tournament takes place in the
northwest corner of the park ($5 per per-
son; teams of two).
Across Grove Street from the park, Bak-
er Heritage Museum will have a “eureka!”
treasure hunt out front both Saturday and
Sunday.
“Our goal is to educate children in geol-
ogy and archaeology,” said Lynn Weems,
museum director.
Inside the museum, visitors can sign a
replica of Independence Rock. Admission is
$9 adults, $8 seniors and $5 for ages 6-12.
SUNDAY, JULY 17
The Baker Lions Club will heat up the
griddles again from 7-11 a.m. Cost is $10
adults or $8 ages 3-10. The menu is ham,
pancakes, eggs, coff ee and juice.
Sunday also brings the duck race, put on
by the Baker County 4-H program. Ducks
will be available to purchase all weekend.
The race starts at noon and the plastic fl oat-
ies will traverse Powder River from Wade
Williams to the fi nish at the bridge between
the park and the Baker County Library.