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September 6, 2019
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BRIEFING
Antone Creek Lodge Opens Near Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort
New Local Lodging
Free tours of Rock
Creek Power Plant
Sept. 12-21
The owners of the
historic Rock Creek
Power Plant, in the Elkhorn
Mountains west of Haines,
will offer free tours Sept.
12-21, by appointment. To
schedule a tour call Terry
Daugherty at 208-412-9813
or Don Wagner at 208-412-
9812. The power plant was
built in 1903. It produced
electricity by diverting
water from Rock Creek. The
plant produced power for
Oregon Trail Electric Coop-
erative until 1995.
WEATHER
Today
80 / 49
Chance of storms,
showers
Saturday
86 / 53
Mostly sunny
and warmer
Sunday
71 / 43
Cloudy and
much cooler,
with showers
Full forecast on the
back of the B section.
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COLBY HEDMAN, IN
JAIL IN BAKER CITY
SINCE JULY, ENDS
HIS FIGHT AGAINST
EXTRADITION
Murder
suspect
will
face
charges
By Chris Collins
ccollins@bakercityherald.com
Bingo Sundays
at St. Francis
Weekly bingo games
are planned every Sunday
afternoon from September
through May in the social
hall at St. Francis de Sales
Cathedral, 2235 First St.
Doors open at 1:30 p.m.,
with bingo from 2 p.m. to
4 p.m.
Pondering
mountain
passes
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
Antone Creek Lodge has found a niche in the Elkhorn Mountains along the Anthony Lakes Highway north-
west of Baker City. In front of Cabin 1 are, from left, Rich, Lori and Harmony Daniels. Rich’s Portable Cabins,
built at North Powder, are for rent nightly and longer.
By Samantha O’Conner
soconner@bakercityherald.com
Antone Creek Lodge, a family run
RV park that’s the nearest overnight
lodging to Anthony Lakes, opened
earlier this summer in the Elkhorn
Mountains.
The park is owned and operated
by Rich and Lori Daniels, who also
own Rich’s Portable Cabins in North
Powder, along with their daughter,
Harmony.
Antone Creek Lodge is along the
Anthony Lakes Highway about 9
miles from Anthony Lakes Moun-
tain Resort, with whom the business
is a lodging partner.
Although the ski area operates a
couple of rental yurts, and a camp-
ground and guard station are open
during the summer, there are no
other overnight accommodations at
the resort.
The timbered property features
four cabins, or “tiny homes,” built by
Rich’s Portable Cabins.
The park, which opened June 22,
sits between Antone Creek, which
is about 50 feet from the cabins, and
the highway.
Lori, 62, said that “most of our
guests are out-of-town guests,” com-
ing from, among other places, Boise,
Portland, Hermiston, Bend, and
Kennewick, Washington.
See Charges/Page 2A
Mining
proposed
in dredge
tailings
By Samantha O’Conner
soconner@bakercityherald.com
S. John Collins / Baker City Herald
See Lodge/Page 3A
A man wanted for mur-
der in Washington who last
month opposed extradition,
preferring
instead to
remain in the
Baker County
Jail awaiting
disposition of
Hedman
local charges,
changed his
mind this week.
Colby James Hedman,
23, a former Heppner
resident, waived extradi-
tion Wednesday in Baker
County Circuit Court before
Judge Greg Baxter. Hed-
man was taken Thursday
to Walla Walla, Washington,
where he will face charges
of fi rst-degree murder and
theft of a motor vehicle.
The front porch and entry way of Cabin 2 at Antone Creek Lodge.
An offi cial from a Cana-
dian company gave Baker
County commissioners an
update Wednesday on a
proposal to do exploratory
mining on a county-owned
section of the dredge tail-
ings in Sumpter Valley.
Erik Tofsrud of Shukrain
Investment Inc. in Vancou-
ver was joined by Mark
Ferns, a retired state geolo-
gist from Baker City. Both
are part of Rainier Skyline
Excavators Inc. Special
Projects.
See Mining/Page 2A
S. John Collins / Baker City
Herald
Lofts allow for
extra guests or
serve as a main
bedroom in some
cabins at Antone
Creek Lodge, said
Harmony Daniels.
She operates the
RV park and cabin
complex along the
Anthony Lakes
Highway with her
parents, Rich and
Lori Daniels.
Blazers
Rally set
Monday
By Samantha O’Conner
soconner@bakercityherald.com
The Portland Trail Blaz-
ers and Moda are bringing
the seventh-annual Rip
City Rally to Baker City
Monday, Sept. 9, as part of
a week-long journey around
Oregon.
See Blazers/Page 5A
TODAY
Issue 51, 14 pages
Calendar ....................2A
Classified ............. 4B-7B
Comics ....................... 3B
Community News ....3A
Crossword ................. 5B
Dear Abby ................. 8B
Horoscope ................. 5B
Jayson Jacoby ..........4A
News of Record ........2A
Obituaries ..................2A
Opinion ......................4A
Outdoors ..........1B & 2B
Senior Menus ...........2A
Sports ........................6A
Weather ..................... 8B
MONDAY — BAKER FOOTBALL TEAM OPENS ITS SEASON AT NYSSA