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August 28, 2019
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Good Day Wish
To A Subscriber
A special good day to
Herald subscriber Mike
Flanagan of Baker City.
Local, 3A
As it turns out, Benja-
min Owens wasn’t ever
really lost.
The 27-year-old
Eugene-area man had just
returned from a day of
hunting when he found
a fl ier on his pickup truck
announcing that search-
ers were looking for him,
said Chris Galiszewski,
coordinator of the Baker
County Sheriff’s Search
and Rescue Team.
MOSQUITOES
TRAPPED AUG. 15
IN KEATING VALLEY
Inland Cafe Nearly Ready To Reopen After January Fire
Getting So Close
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
For the second time
this summer, tests have
detected West Nile virus in
mosquitoes trapped in the
Keating Valley about 15
miles east of Baker City.
Three batches of mos-
quitoes trapped on Aug.
15 were infected with the
virus, which the bugs can
transmit to people, accord-
ing to the Baker Valley
Vector Control District.
Traffi c delays over
Hells Canyon Dam
WEATHER
Today
95 / 57
Mostly sunny
Thursday
88 / 53
Mostly sunny
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West
Nile
virus
found
By Jayson Jacoby
BRIEFING
OXBOW— Traffi c over
Hells Canyon Dam will pe-
riodically be limited to one
lane over the next several
weeks while Idaho Power
crews perform mainte-
nance on the dam.
Motorists might have
delays between 7 a.m. and
3 p.m. PDT. Delays will
usually be brief, although
vehicles 8 feet wide or
more could be delayed up
to an hour.
Crews will be replacing
spillgate cables on the
dam. The work requires a
large crane on top of the
dam, which will reduce
traffi c to a single nar-
row lane. The project is
expected to be complete
by Oct. 21.
Cyclist Ivan Brett
visits Halfway
S. John Collins/Baker City Herald
Inland Cafe owner Kristi Hensley is excited about the pending reopening of her 10th Street restaurant,
which was severely damaged in an accidental fi re in January.
Council
OKs new
rig for
drug dog
By Samantha O’Conner
soconner@bakercityherald.com
Customers sipped hot coffee
at the Inland Cafe Tuesday
morning for the fi rst time in
more than seven months.
But for pancakes and bacon
they’ll have to wait a bit longer.
Inland owner Kristi Hensley
welcomed patrons to an open
house to give them a look at
the remodeled version of the
restaurant that’s been operat-
ing at 2715 10th St. since about
1942.
She doesn’t yet know,
however, when she’ll be able
to start serving a full menu of
breakfast, lunch and dinner.
“I know everybody’s so
anxious for us to get open, we
thought it would be fun just to
open for a couple hours,” Hens-
ley said Tuesday.
An accidental fi re that origi-
nated in a swamp cooler on the
restaurant’s roof the night of
Jan. 13 caused major damage.
See Inland/Page 2A
See Virus/Page 5A
By Samantha O’Conner
soconner@bakercityherald.com
S. John Collins/Baker City Herald
John Chandler sips coffee Tuesday morning inside the refurbished Inland
Cafe. Chandler said he has missed dining at the 10th Street restaurant
since it was damaged in a fi re on Jan. 13.
The Baker City Council
on Tuesday approved a
proposal to lease and even-
tually buy a new SUV to
transport the Police Depart-
ment’s drug-detecting dog.
Police Chief Ray Du-
man said the department’s
current canine carrier, a
2009 Chevrolet Tahoe, has
almost 104,000 miles and
has required maintenance
and repairs totaling $8,000
to $9,000 over the past two
years.
See Council/Page 5A
Talking words
■ Ellen Jovin stopped in Baker City
on a cross-country tour to share her
knowledge of, and love for, language
By Jayson Jacoby
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
Ellen Jovin sits behind a table on a sidewalk beside
Baker City’s Main Street, bracing for a confrontation
with the always conniving comma.
She’s also prepared to penetrate the mysteries of the
apostrophe.
The sign affi xed to Jovin’s table late Monday morning
is dominated by two simple words — “Grammar” and
“Table” — but it doesn’t exactly explain why a Manhat-
tan resident ended up clear across the country.
See Grammar/Page 3A
Jayson Jacoby/Baker City Herald
Ellen Jovin set up her Grammar Table Monday
morning in downtown Baker City. Jovin, who
lives in New York City, is writing a book about her
experiences offering free grammar advice, or just
a friendly conversation, in multiple states.
TODAY
Issue 47, 32 pages
Business .............. 1B-3B
Calendar ....................2A
Classified ............. 5B-9B
Comics ....................... 4B
Community News ....3A
Crossword ........7B & 8B
Dear Abby ............... 10B
Horoscope ........7B & 8B
Lottery Results ..........2A
News of Record ........2A
Obituaries ..................2A
Opinion ......................4A
Senior Menus ...........2A
Sports ........................6A
Weather ................... 10B
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