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FRIDAY WINGING IT: UPLAND GAME BIRD, WATERFOWL HUNTING FORECAST: PAGE 1B In SPORTS, 6A Serving Baker County since 1870 • bakercityherald.com September 13, 2019 IN THIS EDITION: Local • Health & Fitness • Outdoors • TV QUICK HITS $1.50 Baker tops Homedale 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony At Baker City Fire Department Good Day Wish To A Subscriber A special good day to Herald subscriber Jan Kerns of Haines. Local, 5A Whit Deschner really wants salt licks. And not just any old salt licks, but ones sculpted into artistic forms for the 13th-annual Great Salt Lick contest and auction. This year’s event will be held at Churchill School, a location change from previous years to accom- modate the crowd. BRIEFING Blood drive set for Sept. 16 at Nazarene Church The American Red Cross has scheduled a blood drive for Sept. 16 at the Nazarene Church, 1250 Hughes Lane. Please call Myrna Evans at 541-523- 5368 to make an appoint- ment. Please note the change in venue to the Nazarene Church. Natural Resource Committee to meet Baker County’s Natural Resource Advisory Com- mittee will meet Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 3 p.m. at the Courthouse, 1995 Third St. Agenda items include reclaiming the Sumpter dredge tailings and the Baker City watershed. WEATHER Today 77 / 44 Mostly sunny Saturday S. John Collins / Baker City Herald Baker City Fire Department and law enforcement personnel pay respect and observance to the fallen heroes of September 11, 2001. Memories That Linger By Chris Collins ccollins@bakercityherald.com A giant American fl ag suspended from a ladder truck at the Baker City Fire Department fl uttered in the cool wind of a late summer morning Wednesday as people gathered to pay their respects. They recalled, many in amazement at how quickly the years had passed, that 18 years ago — on Sept. 11, 2001 — terrorists launched a deadly attack on the United States of America. About 75 people, including nearly 20 representing vari- ous law enforcement and fi re service agencies, attended the 9/11 observance. Cellphones and other cameras and recording devices were visible in the audience, which was made up of people who’d traveled from their homes and workplaces to gather along Second Street in front of the fi re station. They were there to recognize those who serve their com- munity and to remember those who lost their lives across the country on that September day 18 years earlier. Baker City Fire Department Lt. Casey Johnson, 40, was a 22-year-old serving in the Marine Corps Reserves and working in construction when he learned of the disas- ter that had befallen the country on that day. S. John Collins / Baker City Herald See Memories/Page 5A A calm yet steady breeze moves Old Glory high above the 9/11 remembrance ceremony Wednesday morning in front of the Baker City Fire Department. 83 / 46 Partly sunny Sunday 2015 RULE EXPANDED FEDERAL REGULATION OF WATERWAYS 83 / 45 Walden praises water rule repeal Showers late By Jayson Jacoby The space below will be blank on issues delivered or sold from boxes. The space is for a postage label for issues that are mailed. jjacoby@bakercityherald.com Congressman Greg Walden and a lo- cal rancher and county commissioners are among those applauding federal offi cials for repealing a rule enacted during the Obama administration that critics contend could deprive farmers and ranchers of irrigation water. At issue is the Waters of the United States rule, and specifi cally how that term is defi ned. That defi nition affects how far the federal government’s authority extends in enforcing the 1972 Clean Water Act. In 2015 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers enacted a rule that broadened the defi nition of Waters of the United States to include not just navigable waterways, but also their tributaries and some other adjacent waterways, including ones that don’t hold water year round. In a statement Thursday, Walden said that since 2015 he has heard from farmers and ranchers across Oregon who fear the federal government, using the expanded defi nition, could restrict how they use water, potentially including water diverted into irriga- tion ditches and stock ponds, common practices throughout the state. Klecker says the Baker City training will prepare responders to deal with incidents they might encounter in an industrial workplace setting, shopping area or other large-scale situations. Most recently, 22 people died and 24 were injured in a mass shooting on Aug. 3 at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. A former Baker City Council member who pleaded guilty to criminal mischief in November 2017 after he was cited that sum- mer at the abandoned lime plant near Huntington has fi led a civil rights lawsuit against Baker County and Sheriff Travis Ash, seeking $1.3 million in damages. Adam David Nilsson, 48, fi led the suit in August in U.S. District Court in Pend- leton. He is demanding a jury trial. Nilsson, who is repre- senting himself, contends the county and Sheriff Ash violated his constitutional rights. See Drill/Page 3A See Lawsuit/Page 2A See Water/Page 5A Active threat drill planned at school scope, said Ben Klecker. He’s the Eastern Oregon A training aimed at regional training coordina- improving police and emer- tor for the Department of gency medical response to Public Safety Standards an “active threat” in the and Training (also known community will take place as the Oregon Police Acad- Sept. 27 and 28, a Friday emy). and Saturday, at Brooklyn “From situations around Primary School. Oregon, people associate ac- Even though the train- tive shooters with schools,” ing is taking place at a he said. school, the skills that will But Klecker pointed to be taught and refi ned are other incidents such as aimed at broadening the the 2008 bank bombing at ccollins@bakercityherald.com TODAY Issue 54, 14 pages Calendar ....................2A Classified ............. 4B-7B Comics ....................... 3B Woodburn in which two po- lice offi cers were killed and two other people were in- jured; the Clackamas Town Center shooting in 2012 in which three people, includ- ing the perpetrator, were killed and one person was injured; and the Umpqua Community College shoot- ing at Roseburg in October 2015 in which 10 people, including the perpetra- tor, were killed, and eight people were injured. Community News ....3A Crossword ........5B & 7B Dear Abby ................. 8B By Jayson Jacoby jjacoby@bakercityherald.com EVENT SCHEDULED FOR SEPT. 27-28 By Chris Collins Former councilor suing county, sheriff Horoscope ........5B & 7B Jayson Jacoby ..........4A News of Record ........2A Obituaries ..................2A Opinion ......................4A Outdoors ..........1B & 2B Senior Menus ...........2A Sports ........................6A Weather ..................... 8B MONDAY — ROUND UP OF HIGH SCHOOL WEEKEND SPORTING EVENTS
