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6A — BAKER CITY HERALD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2019 Football’s here, and we’ve got you covered It seems like it was only a few days ago that we were wrapping up the spring sports season High character and crowning state champions in track, baseball, softball, golf and tennis. Yet in the blink of an eye, the fall Inside season has come upon us. Most of the region’s high school teams start their seasons later this week, and football — arguably the most popular sport in our great nation — gets underway in earnest with jamborees this weekend and the offi cial start of the season next week. We at the Northeast Oregon newspapers of EO Media Group are preparing for the upcoming season, and for our readers, that means a special treat is in Bond store. It’s one the subscribers of The Observer and Baker City Herald are used to, but that will be new to the read- ers of the East Oregonian, Hermiston Herald and Wallowa County Chieftain. One week from today — Sept. 4 — we will be bringing you a special publication, our “Kickoff” magazine. For the last four years, the sports staffs at The Observer and Baker City Herald have been putting out this magazine each fall. It is a comprehensive look at the football teams in the region as they get set for the upcoming season, and one that has gained a lot of popularity with readers in Union, Wallowa and Baker counties — the region our respective papers cover. But with EO Media Group’s recent purchase of these two papers came the op- portunity to take the next step with this publication. As a result, the 2019 edition BAKER COUNTY 35(6(17('%<($6725(*21,$10(',$*5283 of this magazine also includes the teams of Uma- tilla County and has been put together by the staffs of our fi ve Northeast Oregon papers. What is in our “Kickoff” magazine? A season preview for 21 high school foot- ball teams in Baker, Union, Umatilla and Wallowa counties, and Eastern Oregon University. Stats, facts, schedules, players to know and more for each of these teams. Feature articles on athletes from each county. Dozens of great photos. Pages loaded with Oregon high school football history. And much more. Perhaps the coolest aspect of the “Kickoff” magazine is that it will feature fi ve unique covers — one each for Union, Wallowa, Baker, East Umatilla and West Umatilla counties. We just put the fi nal touches on this season preview, and it is a must-have for any high school football fan. A lot of hours from the staffs of our fi ve newspapers have gone into completing this project and making it bigger and better than it has ever been. The best part? It will be in your hands just in time for the season to begin. You’ll want to be sure to get a copy of the Sept. 4 edition of your hometown paper, see who made the cover (hint: Baker’s Riley Flanagan) and dive in to get yourselves prepared for another season of Friday night football. We here at EO Media Group hope you will not only keep an eye out for the “Kick- off” magazine, but that you will thorough- ly enjoy it and that it will be a resource you will use over and over this fall. KICKOFF ’19 0XOWLVSRUWDWKOHWH5LOH\)ODQDJDQ ZLOOEHFDOOHGRQWRKHOS%DNHUJHW EDFNWRWKHWRSRIWKH*2/ %XOOGRJVKDYHQHZOHDGHUVKLSDV WKH\JHWVHWIRUWKHVHDVRQ 3LQH(DJOHKRSHVWRNQRZWKH V\VWHPEHWWHUJHWEDFNLQSOD\RIIV 3RZGHU9DOOH\HQGXUHVWZR VXPPHUFRDFKLQJFKDQJHV — Ronald Bond is the regional sports editor of EO Media Group’s east side newspapers. TREASURE VALLEY STEEL, INC. -=JQB=?PQNEJC:AA #AA0QNHEJO (KQOA#QOPKI )J(KQOA#QOPKI#QP%T=?P,AJCPDO *VSVYZ *\Z[VT;YPT ¹*VYY\NH[LK +LSP]LY`(]HPSHISL -\SS:Vɉ[[3PUL M[.\SM*VHZ[7HULS M[7)97HULS M[4LZH7HULS M[;\Ɉ9PI7HULS :[HUKPUN:LHT $%,)6%29 M[+LS[H9PI !6!),!",% M[7YV7HULS 9A=N&QHH0=EJP7=NN=JPU[7A=PDAN80=EJP3UOPAI Submitted photo Amy Forshaw poses with Dave Manley, a New Meadows, Idaho, resident she met recently during a cross-country bicycle trip. British bicyclists pay a visit to Baker County By Brandon Taylor btaylor@bakercityherald.com Two British cyclists pedaled through Baker City over the weekend as part of a cross-country biking trip. Ivan Brett and Amy For- shaw, both 30 and both from London, booked one-way tickets to New York three months ago, and they’ve been pedaling across America ever since. So far the pair has biked more than 4,000 miles. Once they hit Astoria, they plan on riding south to San Diego. By the end of the trip, they expect to have covered more than 7,000 miles. Forshaw said that more than a year ago she evalu- ated her life and decided she wanted to do something adventurous. “We were both in careers that we were proud of and comfortable with but wonder- ing if that was it, and looking ahead to the next 40 years,” Forshaw said. She started training for the journey about a year ago. She then quit her job as head of communication for House of Illustrations, and packed the bare essentials she would need to bike across the country. Brett’s an author — he can work from anywhere. His book, “The Floor is Lava: And 99 More Games for Everyone Everywhere,” has helped the duo get through arduous parts of the journey. “This trip for me is about being playful and explor- ative and fi nding ways to engage with the things we fi nd and the people we see in exciting ways,” Brett said. “So far we’ve loved it and we’ve been surprised with the challenges it’s put upon us but also how we’ve been able to cope with them.” They’ve played a number of A to Z naming games to pass the boredom and have come up with games on their own. For example, when cycling through Colorado Submitted photo Ivan Brett in front of the Pine Valley Presbyterian Church at Halfway. than anything we’ve had in England,” she said. They’ve enjoyed the west side of the U.S. more than the east. During their one-night stay in Baker City they had only been in Oregon for a few days, but “Oregon is off to a good — Bicyclist Ivan Brett start,” Forshaw said. They’re looking forward to they were frequently being seeing the landscape change run off the road by cars, so as they cross the state. they devised a game where Forshaw said cycling is a they would rate the cars relatively low-impact sport based on how much stress and that anyone can bike and danger that car caused. across the country. If a car was good, they held “You see whole families up fi ve fi ngers. If a car was out doing it, and people in bad, they held up one fi nger their 70s doing it.” — one particular fi nger. Brett is thinking of put- Froshaw’s favorite state so ting their travels in another far has been Wyoming. book. “Going through the high Meanwhile their latest desert was just beautiful, adventures can be found on absolutely beautiful and Brett’s blog, https://www. the spaces are just bigger ivanbrett.com “So far we’ve loved it and we’ve been surprised with the challenges it’s put upon us but also how we’ve been able to cope with them.” Best Friends of Baker With summer here, there Saturday Market Open EVERY Saturday 8 AM - 2 PM ALL CLOTHING ITEMS NOW $1 2950 Church Street, Baker City is lots of traveling. Be safe & have fun! (fi rst left after Broadway turns into 10th) We accept debit, credit, cash & checks! Donations accepted Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays 9-1 (All proceeds benefi t the animals of Baker County) ONTARIO 541-889-4214 BOISE 208-336-7505 1460 N. Verde Dr. Toll Free 1-866-887-8335 6619 S. 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